senior /ˈsiːnjə/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  ADJ The senior people in an organization or profession have the highest and most important jobs. 级别高的; 资深的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...senior officials in the Israeli government.

  ...以色列政府里的高级官员们。

  例：

  ...the company's senior management.

  …该公司的高级管理人员。

• 2. 

  ADJ If someone is senior to you in an organization or profession, they have a higher and more important job than you or they are considered to be superior to you because they have worked there for longer and have more experience. 职务高于…的; 资格比…老的

  例：

  The position had to be filled by an officer senior to Haig.

  这个位置必须由一名职位比黑格高的军官来填补。

• 3. 

  N-PLURAL Your seniors are the people who are senior to you. 上级; 地位较高者

  例：

  He was described by his seniors as a model officer.

  他被上级称为模范军官。

• 4. 

  N-SING Senior is used when indicating how much older one person is than another. For example, if someone is ten years your senior, they are ten years older than you. 年长 (岁数) 的人

  例：

  She became involved with a married man many years her senior.

  她与一名比她年长很多的已婚男子坠入情网。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT Seniors are students in a high school, university, or college who are in their fourth year of study. (高中、大学的) 毕业班学生 [美国英语]

  例：

  ...the number of high school seniors who go on to college.

  …高中毕业班上大学的学生人数。

• 6. 

  N-COUNT A senior is the same as a . 老年人

  例：

  Tickets at the gate are $10, $7 for seniors (age 55 and up).

  门票价格为$10，老年人(55岁及以上)为$7。

• 7. 

  ADJ If you take part in a sport at senior level, you take part in competitions with adults and people who have reached a high degree of achievement in that sport. (体育比赛) 成人组的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  This will be his fifth international championship and his third at senior level.

  这将是他的第五次国际锦标赛，也是他的第三次成人级别比赛。