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senior

adjective
 
🔊/ˈsiːniə(r)/
🔊/ˈsiːniər/
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    of high rank级别高

  1.  
     high in rank or status; higher in rank or status than others级别（或地位）高的
    • a senior official/officer/manager/executive高级官员/官员/经理/行政人员
    • a senior adviser/analyst/lecturer高级顾问/分析师/讲师
    • a senior partner in a law firm律师事务所的高级合伙人
    • She is senior vice president of marketing.她是市场营销高级副总裁。
    • senior figures in the Labour party工党高层人物
    • senior members of staff高级职员
    • a senior position高级职位
    • a senior post/job高级职位
    • I have ten years' experience at senior management level.我有十年的高层管理经验。🔊🔊
    • (British English) 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 a former senior civil servant who now runs a campaign website.他是一位前高级公务员，现在经营竞选网站。
    • senior to somebody 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。🔊🔊
    opposite junior
    Extra Examples
    • She wasn't senior enough to take such a decision.她的资历还太浅，不能作这类决定。
    • I'm looking for a more senior position.我在寻找更高的职位。
    • She's a senior lecturer at the university.她是那所大学的高级讲师。
    • There have been large pay rises for the senior grades.高年级学生的薪水大幅增加。
    Topics People in societyb2, Jobsb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    adverb
    • very
    • fairly
    • quite
    • …
    preposition
    • to
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    2.

    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
    • his first game of senior football他的第一场高级足球比赛
    • He won the senior men's 400 metres.他获得男子甲组 400 米冠军。🔊🔊
    3.

    for older people年长之人

  3. [only before noun] for senior citizens（尤指已退休）年纪大的，老年的 (= older people, especially those who have retired from work)
    • 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
    4.

    father父亲

  4. Senior
    (abbreviation Snr, Sr)
     used after the name of a man who has the same name as his son, to make it clear who is being referred to （父子同名时，加在父亲的名字前）老，大compare junior

    5. school/college中学；大学

  5. [only before noun] (British English) (of a school or part of a school学校或其中一部分) 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] (North American English) connected with the last year in high school or college（高中或大学）毕业年级的
    • the senior prom毕业年级舞会
    7. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin, literally ‘older, older man’, comparative of senex, sen- ‘old man, old’.

senior

noun
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    older person较年长的人

  1. a person who is older than somebody 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
  2. (especially North American English)
    (also senior citizen British and North American English)
    an older person, especially somebody who has retired from work. People often call somebody a ‘senior citizen’ to avoid saying that they are old or using the expression ‘old-age pensioner’.（尤指已退休）年纪大的，老年的Topics Life stagesc2

    3. 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。🔊🔊
    4.

    in sport体育运动

  4. adults 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、高级网球训练
    5.

    in school/college中学／大学里

  5. (British English) a child at a senior school; an older child in a school中学生；高年级学生Topics Educationc1
  6. (in the US and some other countries) a student in the last year at a high school or 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
    7. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin, literally ‘older, older man’, comparative of senex, sen- ‘old man, old’.