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sen·ate, Senate /ˈsenət/ noun

1 PGP

a) the Senate the smaller and more important of the two parts of the government with the power to make laws, in countries such as the US, Australia, and France 〔美国、澳大利亚、法国等国家的〕参议院

The Senate approved the bill.

参议院批准了这项议案。

b) [countableC] a similar part of the government in many US states 〔美国许多州的〕参议院

the California state senate

加利福尼亚州的参议院

2. the Senate PGthe highest level of government in ancient Rome 〔古罗马政府最高级别的〕元老院

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the Senate• And the nation cheered when the Supreme Court and the Senate voted last week to impeach him.• But the Senate bill designed to implement the plan contains some consumer-friendly changes that could kill it instead.• Examinations for degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions shall be conducted under conditions determined by the Senate. 10.• Democrats still hold a majority in the Senate.• But the bill is stalled in the Senate, where neither side in the debate is happy with it.• After speaking on the Senate floor in the morning, he stepped on the chartered campaign plane in a dark suit.

3. [countableC]SEC the governing council at some universities 〔某些大学的〕大学理事会，大学评议会

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senate• The first would be to create an appointed senate, which would allow Khmer Rouge leaders to be given an official role.• Each delegate prepares a bill or a resolution for the mock senate to vote on.• The Florida Legislature: Both the state senate and house of representatives have Republican majorities.• My old friend Roberta Fox won his seat in the state senate.• Three years as a legislative liaison, six years in the state senate, four tedious years as lieutenant governor.• Brodsky insisted that the state senate could vote on the measure in special session if it wished.• Uslar stood for the senate in 1959 on the leftwing Democratic Republican Union ticket.• The senate is the opposition's counterweight to the new president.

From Longman Business Dictionary

SenateSen·ate /ˈsenət/ noun [singular]

in the US and some other countries, the upper part of the two parts of government with the power to make laws

Origin senate

(1100-1200) Old French senat, from Latin senatus, from senex “old man”

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