英语词汇“senior”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	senior
释义	sen·ior I. \ˈsēnyə(r)\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from senior older, elder 1. a. : an elderly or old person < know how to make us seniors very unnecessary — R.W.Emerson > < the seniors were active in the local affairs — Roy Lewis & Angus Maude > b. : a person accorded distinction or deference in respect for his age : elder III 3 c. : one who is older than another < thrown among his seniors in the upper grades of the school > d. Britain : a student in a senior school 2. a. : a person holding a position of higher standing in a hierarchy of ranks < as his senior he would of course command the entire force — H.E.Scudder > b. : a senior fellow of a college at an English university; specifically : a member of a governing council of a college (as at Trinity College, Cambridge) c. : head boy d. : a student in his last year before graduating from an educational institution of secondary or higher level < a high school senior > < college seniors > < a senior in law school > 3. : a sexually mature animal 4. : eldest hand; specifically : the player at the left of the declarer in bridge II. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, compar. of sen-, senex old; akin to Gothic sineigs old, sinista eldest, Old Norse sina old grass, Greek henos old, Sanskrit sana 1. a. : more advanced in age than another : older < senior to her classmate by a full year > < having to support … human creatures senior and junior to themselves — F.L.Allen > — abbr. Sr or sr; used chiefly and often cap. to distinguish a father with the same given name as his son; opposed to junior b. : advanced in age < too senior to begin to try for Cabinet office — John Buchan > c. : earliest in date of origin or founding < piracy, one of the senior sins of the human race — George Woodbury > < the senior organization of its kind — Thurston Dart > d. : ranking above another in length of service < the senior senator of the state > < the senior members of the committee > specifically : having more seniority than another < the most senior airline pilots flying on the more desirable assignments — H.R.Northrup > 2. a. : higher in standing or rank especially in a hierarchy of ranks : superior < the senior scholars of the university > < lieutenant senior grade > < senior scientists > < the more senior the officer, the more time he has — G.S.Patton > < young for so senior a post — William Ridsdale > b. : associated with one or more others in a leading or primary role < senior partner > < senior member of a law firm > specifically : mentioned first and given major credit among collaborating authors (as of a scientific paper) < the name of the senior author will be widely recognized — Paul Woodring > 3. : of or relating to seniors in an educational institution < the senior class > < the senior prom > 4. a. of a bond : having a lien preference prior to other bonds b. of a preferred stock : having a dividend preference prior to other stocks < a senior security >
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