次序sequence

• 层次分明

  distinct order

• 工作要有层次。

  The work must be done methodically.

• 文章写得层次不清。

  The article is poorly-structured.

机构的级别administrative level

• 层次繁多

  have numerous administrative levels

• 行政机构层次重叠

  overlapping levels of administration

• 减少层次

  simplify the administrative structure

• 减少机构层次

  simplify the administrative structure of the organization

• 减少上下级的层次

  reduce hierarchy in the administrative structure

同一事物的不同方面gradation

• 多层次服务

  multi-level service

• 年龄层次不同，爱好也不同。

  Hobbies vary according to age.

• 高层次领导人会谈

  talks between high-level leaders

• 房子面积还可以，就是层次不理想。

  The house is large enough, but the level it is on is not ideal.

【信】arrangement of ideas

【气】classification

等次rank

• 加强各层次的互访，尤其在发展经贸关系方面要加大力度

  strengthen reciprocal visits at all ranks, particularly in developing trade and economic relations, where efforts should be intensified

• 人们的欣赏情趣、欣赏水平也愈来愈高，而且是多层次、多元化、多种多样的。

  People's interests and tastes are becoming increasingly high-level and moreover more multi-layered, diverse and varied.