音标:['si:njә] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
n. 年长者, 资深者, 毕业班学生
a. 年长的, 高级的, 资深的
n. an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation
a. older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service
s. used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college
词型变化:名词复数形式 : seniors
考试类型:[高考/四级/六级/考研/IELTS]
词性分布:
形容词84%
名词16%

senior的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. He is senior to me, though he is younger.他地位比我高,虽然他比我年轻。
  2. She was unfit for such a senior position.她不能胜任这样的高级职位。
  3. Lying north of the church is a girls' senior high school.位于这座教堂以北的是一所女子高中。
  4. Although he is senior to his wife, he is inferior to her in salary.虽然她年长于他的妻子,但他妻子的收入比他高。
  5. A senior member of the committee is authorized to act for the chairman during his absence.主席不在时,授权委员会中的一位资深委员代理他的职务。
用作名词(n.)
  1. The three vice-ministers are my seniors.三位副部长都是我的上司。
  2. He is my senior by two years.他比我大两岁。
  3. This is a senior of the profession.这是一位同行中的老前辈。
  4. The seniors defeated the juniors by 3-1.四年级学生以三比一战胜了三年级学生。

常见句型

用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语~+ n.
  1. She is a senior patient.她是一位高龄患者。
  2. He is a senior member of the committee.他是一名资深的委员。
  3. He's the company's senior employee.他是公司的高级雇员。
  4. They are senior students.他们是高年级学生。
用作表语S+be+~+ prep .-phrase
  1. He is senior to me.他是我的上司。
  2. Smith is senior to me by three years.史密斯比我大三岁。
S+be+~+to- v
  1. He is too senior to try for cabinet office.他年事已高,不宜去谋求内阁部长的职位了。
用作名词(n.)
  1. He's my senior by three years.他比我大三岁。
  2. The three vice-ministers are my seniors.三位副部长都是我的上级。
  3. He was my senior at school.他是我上一届的学生。
  4. The seniors are planning to have a gathering.这些毕业班学生计划聚会一次。

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词
  • senior employee高级雇员
  • senior student高年级学生
  • the senior class高年级
  • the senior partner资深股东
~+介词
  • senior in office职位较高的
  • two years senior to sb比某人大两岁
用作名词 (n.)
名词+~
  • college senior大学四年级学生
  • high school senior中学毕业班学生
  • the village senior村子里的年长者
~+介词
  • the senior of profession同行中的前辈

经典引文

  • The senior four children re-appeared in the drawing-room.

    出自:T. Hook
  • 'That is a puzzler, Mohun senior,' said Reginald.

    出自:C. M. Yonge
  • A gifted man, Mr Bloom said of Mr Dedalus senior.

    出自:Joyce
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