单词详解

1. adj.

A. 年长的 (older)

He is a senior patient. 他是一位老医生。

B. 资深的，地位高的 (having been in a job, etc. longer; of high or higher rank)

He is senior to me. 他是我的上司。

C. 【美】最高年级的 (of the last year in a high school or university course)

They are senior students. 他们是高年级学生。

2. n.

A. 较年长者 (senior person)

He's my senior by three years. 他比我大三岁。

B. 高年级学生 (member of a senior school)

He was my senior at school. 他是我上一届的学生。

C. 【美】毕业班学生 (student in the year before graduation from a high school or college)

The seniors are planning to have a gathering. 这些毕业班学生计划聚会一次。

D. 上级，上司，前辈 (higher-ranking person)

The two vice-ministers are my seniors. 这两位副部长都是我的上级。

相关词组

1.   senior to 比……年长

He is ten years senior to me. 他比我年长十岁。

Although he is senior to his wife, his wife is senior to him in salary.

虽然他年长于他的妻子，但他妻子的收入比他多。

2. senior high school 高中

She studies in a girls' senior high school. 她就读于一所女子高中。

相关单词

近义词：elder, older

反义词：junior

复数 ： seniors