He didn't like being at the bottom of the pecking order.他不想处于社会底层。The very poor are at the bottom of the heap.贫苦大众处于社会底层。Ordinary workers in state industry, once favoured, suddenly found themselves at the bottom of the heap.曾经养尊处优的国企普通工人，突然发现自己已跌至社会底层。