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high in rank or status; higher in rank or status than others 級别(或地位)高的 a senior official/officer/manager/executive 高級官員/官員/經理/執行官 a senior adviser/analyst/lecturer 高級顧問/分析師/講師 a senior partner in a law firm 律師事務所的高級合夥人 She is senior vice president of marketing. 她是營銷高級副總裁。 senior figures in the Labour party 工黨的高層人物 senior members of staff 高級職員 a senior position 高級職位 a senior post/job 高級職位/工作 I have ten years' experience at senior management level. 我有十年的高層管理經驗。 - (British English)
Junior nurses usually work alongside more senior nurses. 初級護士通常和較高級的護士一起工作。 He is a former senior civil servant who now runs a campaign website. 他是一名前高級公務員,現在經營一個競選網站。 - senior to somebody
He is senior to me. 他的職位比我高。 The meeting should be chaired by the most senior person present. 會議應由在座的職位最高的人主持。
Extra ExamplesTopics People in societyb2, Jobsb2She wasn't senior enough to take such a decision. 她的資歷還太淺,不能作這類決定。 I'm looking for a more senior position. 我在尋找更高的職位。 She's a senior lecturer at the university. 她是那所大學的高級講師。 There have been large pay rises for the senior grades. 高年級的工資大幅上漲。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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for adults or people at a more advanced level 成人的;高級水平的 to take part in senior competitions 參加成人比賽 his first game of senior football 他的第一場高中足球比賽 He won the senior men's 400 metres. 他獲得男子甲組 400 米冠軍。
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for senior citizens (= older people, especially those who have retired from work) (尤指已退休)年紀大的,老年的 - 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 compare junior(父子同名時,加在父親的名字前)老,大 - [only before noun] (British English)
(of a school or part of a school )學校或其中一部分 for children over the age of 11 or 13 中等的,中學的(招收 11 或 13 歲以上學生) - [only before noun] (North American English)
connected with the last year in high school or college (高中或大學)畢業年級的 the senior prom 畢業年級舞會
of high rank級别高
in sport體育運動
for older people年長之人
father父親
school/college中學;大學
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin, literally ‘older, older man’, comparative of senex, sen- ‘old man, old’.