In appearance, he honored the authority of the senate, but in fact he controlled the power of the government.
表面上他尊崇元老院的权威，但实际上他独享国家大权。
参考来源 - 论奥古斯都的用人之道Yuan Shikai government for such a dictatorial move,although the Senate issued a statement by way of criticism,but most parts of the country or default of the fait accompli.
对于袁世凯政府的这种专制举动,虽然参议院发表声明对之加以批判,但全国大多数地方还是默认了这一既成事实。
参考来源 - 江西民政长风潮与民初政局·2,447,543篇论文数据，部分数据来源于NoteExpress
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N-PROPER-COLL The Senate is the smaller and more important of the two parts of the legislature in some US states and in some countries, for example, the United States and Australia. (美国、澳大利亚等国的) 参议院
The Senate is expected to pass the bill shortly.
预计参议院将很快通过这项议案。
N-PROPER-COLL The Senate is the governing council at some universities. (某些大学的) 评议会
By the time I was vice chancellor, the Senate had become a much larger and a much more democratic body.
到我做副校长的那个时候，大学评议会已经成为一个更大、更民主的机构了。
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