Senior
[ 'sinɪɚ ]
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adj. （级别、地位等）较高的;资深的;年长的;<美>最高年级的;
n. 上级;<美>毕业班学生;较年长者;地位较高的，资历较深的;
💡 词根助记
sen年老+ior表示人→长辈
📝 例句
He listened with sympathy to his senior's prospects of planting and draining.
他哥哥谈起怎么种树，怎么排水，他在旁边洗耳恭听。
Her boyfriend is her senior by six years.
她的男朋友比她大六岁。
He is a senior member of the committee.
他是委员会中的资深委员。
His father was a senior officer at the bank.
他父亲是那家银行的高级职员。
In the final analysis, Heyman believes senior citizens are just ordinary people.
总而言之，海曼认为，老人当然无异于普通人。
🌱 联想助记
【串】这个比人的感觉(sense)还灵敏的敏感组件(sensor),是一个大学四年级的学生(senior)和一个三年级的学生(junior)共同发明的
【记】※ sen-谐音“僧”,I-我,or-或者:那位年长的僧人和我或许有十年未见面了
※ s-美女,e-拼音“鹅”,ni-拼音“你”,or-或者:美女和鹅和你或者都是高年级
※ sen-拼音“森”,io-in out进出,r-拼音“人”:能在森林里进进出出,说明这个人地位较高的
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-or表示主动执行的人或物
常见的变体有-ior
📖 牛津释义
senior
adj
1 ~ (to sb)
(a) older 较年长的
He is ten years senior to me. 他比我大十岁.
(b) higher in rank, authority, etc （级别、 权位等）较高的
There are separate rooms for senior and junior officers. 高级军官和下级军官的房间是分著的.
He is the senior partner in (ie the head of) the firm. 他是公司的老板.
(c) having been in a job, etc longer （做某工作等）年资较深的
She is senior to me, since she joined the firm before me. 她比我资格老, 因为她加入公司比我早.2 (often 常作 Senior, abbr 缩写 Sen) (placed immediately after sb's name 置於姓名之後) being the parent of sb with the same name （父或母与子女同名情况下的）父或母
John Brown Senior 老约翰?布朗. 3 [attrib 作定语]
(of a school) for children over the age of 11 （指学校）高年级的（学生年龄在11岁以上的）. Cf 参看 junior. senior, n
1 senior person 较年长的人: She is my senior by two years/two years my senior, ie is two years older than me. 她比我大两岁.
2 member of a senior school 高年级学生
a football match between the juniors and the seniors 低年级学生和高年级学生之间的足球赛.
3 (US) student in the year before graduation from a high school or college （中学或大学的）毕业班的学生
[attrib 作定语]
her senior year at college 她在大学毕业班那一年.
🎯 考研助记
司仪(se)在尼姑(ni)面前或许(or)是 长辈 网友：yqy补充： 【根】sen＝old（老的;年长的）【根】-ior 这是拉丁文中用来表示比较级的字尾
🔁 扩展释义
*['si:njә]n. 年长者, 资深者, 毕业班学生a. 年长的, 高级的, 资深的【经】 高级的, 主要的
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「高中」词汇
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That's like closing the gate after the horse has bolted.
那无异于马后炮。
You may leave it to me.
交给我来办。
One of these men was found and he began to tell the story of this family group.
哈利在这些人中找到了一位，他开始谈起了这个家族的历史。