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seniority n.长辈；前任者的特权；老资格 (1) 这一点他自己说了，说是有点摆老资格。 You know how older people are called senior citizens or seniors? That should help you remember what seniority is: the longer someone stays within an organization, the more they have of it. A new worker has hardly any seniority. Someone working at a job for 20 years has a lot of seniority. Having seniority is like having a higher rank or status.

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英 [ˌsiːni'ɒrəti] 美 [ˌsiːni'ɔːrəti] (1) He himself has admitted this, saying that he has to some extent flaunted his seniority. Seniority refers to being ranked higher in an organization since you have been there longer. Who has seniority in a high school? The seniors of course! 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]资历；地位；级别 A person's seniority in an organization is the importance and power that they have compared with others, or the fact that they have worked there for a long time. He has said he will fire editorial employees without regard to seniority.他说过不管资历如何，任何编辑人员他都有可能解雇。

英语单词	seniority
英美音标	英 [ˌsiːni'ɒrəti] 美 [ˌsiːni'ɔːrəti]
中文释义	n.长辈；前任者的特权；老资格
英语例句	(1) He himself has admitted this, saying that he has to some extent flaunted his seniority.
中文例句	(1) 这一点他自己说了，说是有点摆老资格。
vocabulary简明	Seniority refers to being ranked higher in an organization since you have been there longer. Who has seniority in a high school? The seniors of course!
vocabulary扩展	You know how older people are called senior citizens or seniors? That should help you remember what seniority is: the longer someone stays within an organization, the more they have of it. A new worker has hardly any seniority. Someone working at a job for 20 years has a lot of seniority. Having seniority is like having a higher rank or status.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]资历；地位；级别 A person's seniority in an organization is the importance and power that they have compared with others, or the fact that they have worked there for a long time. He has said he will fire editorial employees without regard to seniority. 他说过不管资历如何，任何编辑人员他都有可能解雇。

Seniority Higher Organization 英 ˌsiːni'ɒrəti] 美 ˌsiːni'ɔːrəti N.长辈；前任者的特权；老资格 Admitted