senior

['si:njə]

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

a.

1. 年长的, 年纪较大的[(+to)]

Bob is two years senior to me.

鲍伯比我大两岁。

2. 地位较高的; 年资较深的[(+to)]

He is a senior member of the committee.

他是委员会中的资深委员。

3. 【美】四年级生的; 【英】高年级生的

4. 高级的; 前辈的

His father was a senior officer at the bank.

他父亲是那家银行的高级职员。

5. (置姓名后表示年长者, 常大写)老……, 大……

John Parker, Senior is the father of John Parker, Junior.

老约翰・派克是小约翰・派克的父亲。

n.[C]

1. 较年长者

Her boyfriend is her senior by six years.

她的男朋友比她大六岁。

2. 前辈; 上司; 学长; 资深人士

He was my senior at Yale by two years.

他是耶鲁大学比我高两级的学生。

3. 【美】(大学)四年级生; 【英】(大学)高年级生

The seniors defeated the juniors by 3-1.

四年级学生以三比一战胜了三年级学生。

4. 【英】(大学)评议员

词形变化

副词: senilely |

词义辨析

同义:

a.年长的

elder  older  

同义参见:

elder  major  

反义:

a.年纪较大的; 大……

junior  

反义参见:

freshman  

英英释义

名词 senior:

an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation

a person who is older than you are

同义词：elder

形容词 senior:

older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service

used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college

同义词：fourth-year

advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)

同义词：aged, elderly, older

补充

seniorsenior英:[ˈsi:njə] 美:[ˈsinjɚ]adj.1.年长的She is a senior patient.她是一位高龄患者。Smith is senior to me by three years.史密斯比我大三岁。2.资深的; 地位高的He is a senior member of the committee.他是一名资深的委员。He is senior to me.他是我的上司。3.〈美〉最高年级的They are senior students.他们是高年级学生。n.1.较年长者He's my senior by three years.他比我大三岁。2.高年级学生He was my senior at school.他是我上一届的学生。3.〈美〉毕业班学生The seniors are planning to have a gathering.这些毕业班学生计划聚会一次。

例句

1. There was an attempted coup in which senior officers were involved.高级军官参与政变未遂。 2. She was promoted to a more senior post.她被提拔到一个更高的职位。 3. Although he only joined the firm last year, he's senior to me already.尽管他去年刚进公司, 但职位已经比我高了。 4. He is the senior of the two.他是两人中年龄较大的。 5. She is three years my senior.她比我大三岁。 6. She is his senior.她是他的上司。 7. Joseph, Sr.大约瑟夫 8. he is 20 years senior to Leonard.她比莱昂纳多大２０岁。 9. Henry James senior.大亨利•詹姆斯。 10. he is a senior Finance Ministry official.他是财政部高级官员。 11. the people senior to me in my department.我的部门中职位高于我的人。 12. she was only two years his senior.她只比他大两岁。 13. at fourteen you move up to the seniors.１４岁你就晋升到资深运动员行列。 14. a senior lecturer/officer/manager高级讲师╱军官╱经理 15. He's senior to me.他的职位比我高。 16. She felt undervalued, both by her colleagues and her seniors.她觉得同事和上级都不重视她。 17. high school seniors中学毕业班学生 18. She is five years senior to me. = She is senior to me by five years. [=she is five years older than I am]她比我大五岁。 19. "John Smith, Jr. and John Smith, Sr."小约翰·史密斯和老约翰·史密斯 20. a senior officer/manager/executive高级官员/经理/行政长官 21. the senior vice president of marketing市场营销高级副总裁 22. She is a senior aide to the president.她是总裁的高级助理。 23. a senior editor for the magazine杂志的资深编辑 24. He recently became a senior partner in the accounting/consulting firm.最近，他成为了会计事务所/咨询公司的高级合伙人。 25. He is senior to me.他职位比我高。 26. a senior center老年活动中心 27. senior housing老年住宅 28. the men's senior baseball league大龄男子棒球联盟 29. senior golf大龄组高尔夫球赛 30. She is five years my senior. = She is my senior by five years. [=she is five years older than I am]她比我年长五岁。 31. "As his senior, she commanded quite a bit of respect."作为他的上司，她很受尊重。 32. She was his senior in rank.从级别来看，她是他的上司。 33. high school juniors and seniors高中的三年级学生和毕业班学生 34. the senior class/yearbook/prom毕业班；毕业班年刊；毕业舞会 35. She skipped her senior year and went straight to college.她跳过了高中最后一年，直升大学。 36. the senior captain of a team球队的高年级队长