food chain
noun/ˈfuːd tʃeɪn/
/ˈfuːd tʃeɪn/
(usually the food chain)
- a series of living creatures in which each type of creature feeds on the one below it in the series
（生态系统中的）食物链 - Insects are fairly low down (on) the food chain.
在食物链中，昆虫是级别相当低的生物。 - Pesticides work their way up the food chain from plants, through insects and birds to humans.
农药沿着食物链从植物开始，经过昆虫和鸟类，到达人类。 - efforts to ensure that dioxins do not enter the food chain
为确保二恶英不进入食物链的努力
- Insects are fairly low down (on) the food chain.
- (informal) a system or structure in which the people or organizations that are part of it are seen as having different levels of importance, success, etc.
食物链：一个系统或结构，其中的人员或组织被视为具有不同程度的重要性，成功等。 - These guys are at the top of the food chain when it comes to earnings.
就收入而言，这些人处于食物链的顶端。
- These guys are at the top of the food chain when it comes to earnings.
- the series of stages that food passes along as it goes from being grown or produced to being sold and then eaten
食物链（食品从生产、销售到食用的各个阶段） - They are focused on ensuring that contaminated crops do not enter the food chain.
他们的重点是确保受污染的农作物不会进入食物链。
- They are focused on ensuring that contaminated crops do not enter the food chain.