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- senior ['siːnjə]
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1.
adj
higher in rank or length of service
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2.
adj
older in years
- senior citizens
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3.
adj
of or relating to adulthood, maturity, or old age
- senior privileges
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4.
adj
[education]
of, relating to, or designating more advanced or older pupils
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5.
adj
of or relating to a secondary school
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6.
adj
[US]
of, relating to, or designating students in the fourth and final year at college
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7.
n
a senior person
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8.
n
an elderly person
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9.
n
a senior pupil, student, etc
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10.
n
a fellow of senior rank in an English university
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n
[Etymology]
C14: from Latin: older, from senex old
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1.
adj
higher in rank or length of service
Examples
- to be senior to sb, be sb's senior
- 是某人的上级 → senior
- Women fill twenty percent of senior management positions.
- 有百分之二十的高级管理岗位是由女性担任的。 → fill
- she is 15 years his senior
- 她比他年长15岁 → senior
- Jones Senior
- [esp US] 老琼斯 → senior
- senior citizens → senior
- senior privileges → senior
- Charles Parker, Senior → Senior
- 他比我长(小)一辈。
- He's one generation my senior (junior). → 辈
- 聘请老工程师充任顾问
- ask senior engineers to be our advisers → 充任
- 他大我两岁。
- He's two years my senior. → 大
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