释义 |
non-hierarchical adjective (alsononhierarchical)uk /ˌnɒn.haɪəˈrɑː.kɪ.kəl/ us /.haɪˈrɑːr.kɪ.kəl//ˌnɑːn.haɪəˈrɑːr.kɪ.kəl/ not hierarchical (= arranged according to the level of importance of people or things, or relating to such a system): The company has chosen to adopt a non-hierarchical structure in order to encourage innovation. She was very non-hierarchical and always insisted on people calling her by her first name. They set up an experimental nonhierarchical community in the countryside. Staff gave positive feedback about the organization being a non-hierarchical place to work. She kept hundreds of non-hierarchical lists of things to be done. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Classifying and creating order alphabetize anti-hierarchical arrange arrangement arranger concordance describe macrocosm miscatalogue misclassification misclassify miscode mislabel pigeonhole short-list shortlist sort sort something out spring-clean unstructured |