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senior adj.地位较高的；高级的；年长的；资深的n.上司；年长者；长辈；大四学生 (1) 他地位比我高，虽然他比我年轻。(2) 她不能胜任这样的高级职位。(3) 位于这座教堂以北的是一所女子高中。(4) 虽然她年长于他的妻子,但他妻子的收入比他高。(5) 三位副部长都是我的上司。(6) 他比我大两岁。(7) 这是一位同行中的老前辈。(8) 四年级学生以三比一战胜了三年级学生。 Senior means "older," but it also means "old or aged," like your grandmother, who despite being a senior citizen, continues her skydiving hobby. A senior is also a student in the final year of either high school or college, or an authority: "She holds a senior position in the State Department." The Latin word senior means "older," and it's the basis of respectful terms in many languages, like señor in Spanish and sire in French.

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英 ['siːniə(r)] 美 ['siːniər] (1) He is senior to me, though he is younger.(2) She was unfit for such a senior position.(3) Lying north of the church is a girls' senior high school.(4) Although he is senior to his wife, he is inferior to her in salary.(5) The three vice-ministers are my seniors.(6) He is my senior by two years.(7) This is a senior of the profession.(8) The seniors defeated the juniors by 3-1. You can use the word senior to describe anyone who's older than you are. You might say, "My brother is six years my senior," especially if you want to make him feel old. 1[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。2[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。3[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。4[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.   [AM 美]5[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。6[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.

英语单词	senior
英美音标	英 ['siːniə(r)] 美 ['siːniər]
中文释义	adj.地位较高的；高级的；年长的；资深的 n.上司；年长者；长辈；大四学生
英语例句	(1) He is senior to me, though he is younger. (2) She was unfit for such a senior position. (3) Lying north of the church is a girls' senior high school. (4) Although he is senior to his wife, he is inferior to her in salary. (5) The three vice-ministers are my seniors. (6) He is my senior by two years. (7) This is a senior of the profession. (8) The seniors defeated the juniors by 3-1.
中文例句	(1) 他地位比我高，虽然他比我年轻。 (2) 她不能胜任这样的高级职位。 (3) 位于这座教堂以北的是一所女子高中。 (4) 虽然她年长于他的妻子,但他妻子的收入比他高。 (5) 三位副部长都是我的上司。 (6) 他比我大两岁。 (7) 这是一位同行中的老前辈。 (8) 四年级学生以三比一战胜了三年级学生。
vocabulary简明	You can use the word senior to describe anyone who's older than you are. You might say, "My brother is six years my senior," especially if you want to make him feel old.
vocabulary扩展	Senior means "older," but it also means "old or aged," like your grandmother, who despite being a senior citizen, continues her skydiving hobby. A senior is also a student in the final year of either high school or college, or an authority: "She holds a senior position in the State Department." The Latin word senior means "older," and it's the basis of respectful terms in many languages, like señor in Spanish and sire in French.
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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。 3 [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。 4 [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. [AM 美] 5 [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。 6 [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.

Senior N High Older Years Means People Word