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senator

noun
 
🔊/ˈsenətə(r)/
🔊/ˈsenətər/
(often Senator)
(abbreviation Sen.)
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  1. a member of a senate参议员
    • Senator McCarthy麦卡锡参议员
    • She has served as a Democratic senator for North Carolina since 2009.自 2009 年以来，她一直是北卡罗来纳州的民主党参议员。🔊🔊
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    • a Republican state senator共和党州参议员
    • the former US Senator, James Hurley美国前参议员詹姆斯・赫尔利
    • He was elected senator for Pennsylvania in 2004.2004年他当选宾夕法尼亚州参议员。
    • There was a visit to the area by a delegation of senior US senators.美国资深参议员代表团对该地区进行了访问。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • American
    • US
    • Democratic
    • …
    verb + senator
    • elect
    • elect somebody (as)
    • become
    • …
    phrases
    • senators and congressmen
    • senators and representatives
    • senators on both sides of the aisle
    • …
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    Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a member of the ancient Roman senate): from Old French senateur, from Latin senator, from senex ‘old man’.