1. | ~ (to sb) 级别（或地位）高的high in rank or status; higher in rank or status than others |
a senior officer/manager/lecturer 高级军官／经理／讲师 | |
a senior partner in a law firm 律师事务所的高级合伙人 | |
a senior post/position 高级职位 | |
I have ten years' experience at senior management level. 我有十年的高层管理经验。 | |
Junior nurses usually work alongside more senior nurses. 初级护士通常和较高级的护士一起工作。 | |
He is senior to me. 他的职位比我高。 | |
The meeting should be chaired by the most senior person present. 会议应由在座的职位最高的人主持。 |
2. | [obn] 成人的；高级水平的for adults or people at a more advanced level |
to take part in senior competitions 参加成人比赛 | |
He won the senior men's 400 metres. 他获得男子甲组 400 米冠军。 |
3. | [obn] 年纪大的；老年的；年老的for senior citizens(= older people, especially those who have retired from work) |
Get one third off rail fares with a senior railcard. 持有老年火车通行优惠卡可减免三分之一车费。 | |
senior discounts/concessions 老年折扣／优惠 |
4. | （父子同名时，加在父亲的名字前）老，大used after the name of a man who has the same name as his son, to avoid confusion |
5. | [obn] 中等的，中学的（招收 11 或 13 岁以上学生）for children over the age of 11 or 13 |
6. | [obn] （高中或大学）毕业年级的connected with the last year in high school or college |
the senior prom 毕业年级舞会 |
1. | 较…年长的人a person who is older than sb else |
She was ten years his senior. 她比他大十岁。 | |
My brother is my senior by two years. 我哥哥比我大两岁。 |
2. | 级别（或地位）较高者；上级；上司a person who is higher in rank or status |
She felt unappreciated both by her colleagues and her seniors. 她觉得无论同事还是上司都不赏识她。 |
3. | 资深成人运动员；高水平运动员adults or people who have reached an advanced level |
tennis coaching for juniors and seniors 初、高级网球训练 |
4. | 中学生；高年级学生a child at a senior school; an older child in a school |
5. | （美国等若干国家高中和大学的）毕业班学生(in the US and some other countries) a student in the last year at a high school or college |
high school seniors 高中毕业班学生 |
