senior

英 ['siːniə(r)] 美 ['siːniər]

• 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

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 年长的

   older

2. 资深的; 地位高的

   having been in a job, etc. longer; of high or higher rank

3. 〈美〉最高年级的

   of the last year in a high school or university course

n. (名词)

1. [C] 较年长者

   senior person

2. [C] 高年级学生

   member of a senior school

3. [C] 〈美〉毕业班学生

   student in the year before graduation from a high school or college

4. [C] 上级,上司,前辈

   higher-ranking person

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 地位较高的，级别高的
2. 高级的，级别高的，高级水平的
3. 年长的，前辈的，年纪较大的
4. 年资较深的，资深的
5. <美>四年级生的
6. <英>高年级生的
7. 成人的
8. 毕业年级的

n. 名词

1. 上司，上级
2. 前辈，学长
3. 资深人士
4. 年长者，较年长者
5. <美>四年级生
6. <英>高年级生
7. <英>评议员
8. 西尼尔（音译名）
9. 级别较高者
10. 资深成人运动员，高水平运动员
11. 中学生

英英释义

Noun:

1. an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation

2. a person who is older than you are

Adjective:

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

   "senior officer"
   

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

   "the senior prom"
   

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

   "aged members of the society"
   "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"
   "senior citizen"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. He is senior to me, though he is younger.
   他地位比我高，虽然他比我年轻。
2. She was unfit for such a senior position.
   她不能胜任这样的高级职位。
3. Lying north of the church is a girls' senior high school.
   位于这座教堂以北的是一所女子高中。
4. Although he is senior to his wife, he is inferior to her in salary.
   虽然她年长于他的妻子,但他妻子的收入比他高。
5. A senior member of the committee is authorized to act for the chairman during his absence.
   主席不在时,授权委员会中的一位资深委员代理他的职务。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The three vice-ministers are my seniors.
   三位副部长都是我的上司。
2. He is my senior by two years.
   他比我大两岁。
3. This is a senior of the profession.
   这是一位同行中的老前辈。
4. 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。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. She is a senior patient.
   她是一位高龄患者。
2. He is a senior member of the committee.
   他是一名资深的委员。
3. He's the company's senior employee.
   他是公司的高级雇员。
4. They are senior students.
   他们是高年级学生。

用作表语

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

1. He is senior to me.
   他是我的上司。
2. Smith is senior to me by three years.
   史密斯比我大三岁。

S+be+～+to- v

1. He is too senior to try for cabinet office.
   他年事已高,不宜去谋求内阁部长的职位了。

用作名词 (n.)

1. He's my senior by three years.
   他比我大三岁。
2. The three vice-ministers are my seniors.
   三位副部长都是我的上级。
3. He was my senior at school.
   他是我上一届的学生。
4. The seniors are planning to have a gathering.
   这些毕业班学生计划聚会一次。

经典引文

• The senior four children re-appeared in the drawing-room.

  出自： T. Hook

• 'That is a puzzler, Mohun senior,' said Reginald.

  出自： C. M. Yonge

• A gifted man, Mr Bloom said of Mr Dedalus senior.

  出自： Joyce

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• senior employee 高级雇员
• senior student 高年级学生
• the senior class 高年级
• the senior partner 资深股东

～+介词

• senior in office 职位较高的
• two years senior to sb 比某人大两岁

用作名词 (n.)

名词+～

• college senior 大学四年级学生
• high school senior 中学毕业班学生
• the village senior 村子里的年长者

～+介词

• the senior of profession 同行中的前辈

词义辨析

adj. (形容词)

下面三个句子的意思相同:

• My brother is senior to me by two years.
• My brother is my senior by two years.
• My brother is two years senior to me.
• 我哥哥比我大两岁。

词源解说

• ☆ 13世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古典拉丁语的senior，意为年长的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• elder
• older
• superior
• better
• superior

【反义词】

• junior
• minor
• younger
• inferior