[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](在组织或专业领域中)级别高的，资深的 The senior people in an organization or profession have the highest and most important jobs.
[ADJ n]
...senior officials in the Israeli government.
以色列政府的高级官员
...the company's senior management...
公司的高级管理层
Television and radio needed many more women in senior jobs.
电视和广播领域需要有更多女性来担任高级职位。
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[ADJ 形容词]职位高于…的；资格比…老的；更资深的 If someone is senior to you in an organization or profession, they have a higher and more important job than you or they are considered to be superior to you because they have worked there for longer and have more experience.
[usu v-link ADJ to n]
[poss N]
The position had to be filled by an officer senior to Haig...
这个位置必须由一个职位高于黑格的官员来担任。
Williams felt himself to be senior to all of them.
威廉斯自认为比他们所有人资格都要老。
Your seniors are the people who are senior to you.上级；上司；前辈
He was described by his seniors as a model officer.
上司们形容他是个模范官员。
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[N-SING 单数名词]较年长的人；比…大…岁的人Senior is used when indicating how much older one person is than another. For example, if someone is ten years your senior, they are ten years older than you.
[poss N]
She became involved with a married man many years her senior.
她和一个比自己大很多岁的已婚男子好上了。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](中学或大学里的)高年级学生，毕业班学生Seniors are students in a high school, university, or college who are the oldest and who have reached an advanced level in their studies.
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[ADJ 形容词](比赛)成人的，高水平的 If you take part in a sport at senior level, you take part in competitions with adults and people who have reached a high degree of achievement in that sport.
[ADJ n]
This will be his fifth international championship and his third at senior level.
这将是他第五个世界冠军，第三个成人级别赛事的冠军。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](高尔夫、网球等体育运动中的)年长的运动员，资深运动员 In sports such as golf and tennis, a senior is a professional player who is fairly old and who plays in special competitions against other older players.
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se·nior★/ˈsiːniə(r); NAmEˈsiːniər/
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seniorseniorsadjective★of high rank 级别高1★senior(to sb) high in rank or status; higher in rank or status than others 级别（或地位）高的◆a senior officer/manager/lecturer高级军官／经理／讲师◆a senior partnerin a law firm 律师事务所的高级合伙人◆a senior post/position高级职位◆I have ten years' experience at senior management level.我有十年的高层管理经验。◆( BrE) Junior nurses usually work alongside more senior nurses.初级护士通常和较高级的护士一起工作。◆He is senior to me.他的职位比我高。◆The meeting should be chaired by the most senior person present.会议应由在座的职位最高的人主持。OPP
junior
in sport 体育运动2★[only before noun ]for adults or people at a more advanced level 成人的；高级水平的◆to take part in senior competitions参加成人比赛◆He won the senior men's 400 metres.他获得男子甲组 400 米冠军。for older people 年长之人3[only before noun ]for senior citizens(= older people, especially those who have retired from work)年纪大的；老年的；年老的◆Get one third off rail fares with a senior railcard.持有老年火车通行优惠卡可减免三分之一车费。◆senior discounts/concessions老年折扣／优惠father 父亲4Senior(abbr.Snr ,Sr )used after the name of a man who has the same name as his son, to avoid confusion （父子同名时，加在父亲的名字前）老☞compare
junior
adj. (3 )school/college 中学；大学5[only before noun ]( BrE) (of a school or part of a school 学校或其分部)for children over the age of 11 or 13 中等的，中学的（招收 11 或 13 岁以上学生）6[only before noun ]( NAmE) connected with the last year in high schoolor college （高中或大学）毕业年级的◆the senior prom毕业年级舞会noun★older person 较年长的人1★a person who is older than sb else 较…年长的人◆She was ten years his senior.她比他大十岁。◆My brother is my senior by two years.我哥哥比我大两岁。☞compare
junior
n.2( especially NAmE) =
senior citizen
higher rank 较高级别3★a person who is higher in rank or status 级别（或地位）较高者；上级；上司◆She felt unappreciated both by her colleagues and her seniors.她觉得无论同事还是上司都不赏识她。in sport 体育运动4adults or people who have reached an advanced level 资深成人运动员；高水平运动员◆tennis coaching for juniors and seniors初、高级网球运动员训练in school/college 中学╱大学里5( BrE) a child at a senior school; an older child in a school 中学生；高年级学生6(in the US and some other countries) a student in the last year at a high schoolor college （美国等若干国家高中和大学的）毕业班学生◆high school seniors高中毕业班学生☞compare
sophomore
se·nior/ˈsiːniə(r); NAmEˈsiːniər/
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senior1 adjective
senior2 noun
seniorsenior1 ●●●W2 adjective
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1having a higher position, level, or rank → junior: the senior Democrat on the House committee White men hold most of the jobs in senior management. the senior partner in a law firmsenior to He is also a diplomat, but senior to me.2[only before noun] British English a senior competition is for older people or for people at a more advanced level: I won the 60-metre race, my first senior success.COLLOCATIONSnounssenior management· Within the week senior management approved her proposal.senior staff· Some senior staff criticized the headteacher's behaviour.a senior manager· She's now a senior manager for a large toy company.a senior executive (=in a company)· All the company's senior executives get large bonuses.a senior official (=in an organization)· a meeting of senior government officialsa senior officer (=in the police or military)· Inspector Wild is the senior officer in charge of the investigation.a senior partner (=in a law firm etc)· He was a senior partner in a prestigious Canadian law firm.a senior member· The president announced a reshuffle involving several senior members of his Cabinet.
senior1 adjective
senior2 noun
seniorsenior2 ●○○ noun [countable]
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1American English a student in their last year of high school or university → freshman, junior, sophomore: Jen will be a senior this year.2 especially American English a senior citizen: Seniors can get a 10% discount.3be two/five/ten etc years somebody’s senior to be two, five, ten etc years older than someone → junior: Her husband was nine years her senior.4British English an adult or a person who has reached an advanced level in a particular sport → junior: Juniors and seniors train together on Wednesdays.
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