Several fat brown chickens were pecking their way around the yard.

几只褐色的肥鸡在院子里啄食。

The bird kept pecking at the hive.

小鸟不断地啄着蜂房。

So, there is a definite pecking order in chickens.

所以鸡群中绝对存在啄食顺序。

No pecking order exists among the cubs at the carcass.

啃食尸体的幼崽之间不存在啄食顺序。

She is privileged, cosseted and ready to hurt those below her in the pecking order.

高贵妃在面对拒绝时傲慢地拖腔拉调，归根结底是一种虚张声势。

Your bone marrow has like a hierarchy and pecking order.

你的骨髓有等级和社群等级。

And then, of course, reporters asked him about Elon, and Trump started pecking away cautiously.

当记者问到，朗普开始小心翼翼地 “啄食”（暗指措辞谨慎）。

Seems simple enough, so why was this so groundbreaking? Because pecking the button is active.

看起来很简单，那么为什么这是一个如此突破性的发？这是因为轻敲按钮是活动的？

" Birds in their little nests agree, " sang Beth, the peacemaker, with such a funny face that both sharp voices softened to a laugh, and the " pecking" ended for that time.

“‘鸟儿在小巢中总是和睦的’，”贝思这个和事佬唱道。她脸上的滑使双方的刻薄话化成了笑声，于是这回斗嘴总算结束了。

The reason need not be a fatal flaw in the research; sometimes the work is simply not splashy enough for outlets high up in the pecking order.

（被拒绝的）原因不一定是研究有致命的错误；有时只是因为研究内容受关注的程度达不到高级期刊的要求。

Everyone in my office works hard, but some people have had their wings clipped. Their jobs have been limited. This is because the office is organized by pecking order.

办公室里的人都很卖力地工作，不过有的人却扼杀了他们的雄心。他们做的事很有限。这是因为办公室是以啄食规则组织的。

And if someone is only pecking at their food it means they're only eating a little of it, perhaps because they're not hungry or not feeling well.

如果有人只吃一点食物，这意味着他们只吃了一点点，可能是因为他们不饿或感觉不舒服。”

Well, first of all, of course, a good likeness of themselves, and then they wanted the artist to get their complicated pecking order just right.

他们想要的第一件东西就是一幅惟妙惟肖的集体像，艺术家们还得把他们之间微妙的次序出来。

Are we looking here at one of the oldest of all status symbols; the expression of a social pecking order?

我们是否正面对着人类最古老的地位象征物品之一？代着一个社会的尊卑秩序？

You're definitely top of the pecking order, aren't you?

你绝对在啄食顺序的顶端，不是吗？

In exchange, the suggestion went, he would help them keep their place in the pecking order.

作为交换，他提出，他会帮助他们保住自己的地位。

And I've never really felt very motivated by pecking orders or by superchickens or by superstars.

我自己从来不会 通过挤兑他人或被他人挤兑而获得激励。

" That's a lie! Oh, lor! " cried the parrot, pecking at Laurie's toes.

“哦，上帝！那是谎言！”鹦鹉边叫边啄劳里的脚趾。

This includes a reality check on just how far up the publication pecking order a paper might be submitted with a reasonable expectation that it will be accepted.

该服务包含一项适应性评估，评估论文应该投给什么样级别的期刊才有可能会被采用。

The more important you are, the higher in the pecking order you are.

你越重要，你在等级排序中的位置就越高。