Senate
Senate ['senɪt]
n. 参议院,评议会;(古罗马的)元老院
名词复数:senates
- In the United States government, the Senate is one of two congressional houses. The main job of the Senate, along with the House of Representatives, is to make laws.
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- n. 参议院,评议会;(古罗马的)元老院
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1. a member of the Senate
参议员
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2. a Senate committee
参议院委员会
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3. the senate of Loughborough University
拉夫伯勒大学评议会
- senate (n.) c. 1200, "legal and administrative body of ancient Rome," from Old French senat or Latin senatus "highest council of the state in ancient Rome," literally "council of elders," from senex (genitive senis) "old man, old" (from PIE root *sen- "old"). Attested from late 14c. in reference to governing bodies of free cities in Europe; of national governing bodies from 1550s; specific sense of upper house of U.S. legislature is recorded from 1775.
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