The amount of "vital heat" produced by a specific body was viewed as a direct index of its place in the "great chain of being", a hierarchical order of rank according to degrees of perfection.

一个身体产生“生命之热”的数量直接决定了它在“存在之链”中的位置——一个依据个体的完善程度来安排的等级序列。

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A fast Mobile IP handoff scheme, combined hierarchical foreign agent management with forwarding pointer chain, is proposed to improve traffic QOS while MH handoffs frequently.

提出了一种结合层次外部代理管理和转发指针链的快速的移动IP切换算法，以改善MH频繁切换时业务的QOS。

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The design USES hierarchical design method, with the use of chain and tree data structure to achieve the FAT file system. It has well maintainability and portability.

本设计采用层次化设计，运用链表与树形数据结构实现FAT文件系统，具有较高的可维护性与可移植性。

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The KIO is a rather secretive and hierarchical organisation, with a sometimes inflexible chain of command that makes it slow to respond to changing circumstances.

BBC: Kachin rebels defiant on Burma's northern front line