senior

1. ADJ The senior people in an organization or profession have the highest and most important jobs. 級別高的; 資深的[ADJ n]

...senior officials in the Israeli government. ...以色列政府裡的高級官員們。

...the company's senior management. …該公司的高級琯理人員。

2. ADJ If someone is senior to you in an organization or profession, they have a higher and more important job than you or they are considered to be superior to you because they have worked there for longer and have more experience. 職務高於…的; 資格比…老的

The position had to be filled by an officer senior to Haig. 這個位置必須由一名職位比黑格高的軍官來填補。

3. N-PLURAL Your seniors are the people who are senior to you. 上級; 地位較高者

He was described by his seniors as a model officer. 他被上級稱爲模範軍官。

4. N-SING Senior is used when indicating how much older one person is than another. For example, if someone is ten years your senior, they are ten years older than you. 年長 (嵗數) 的人

She became involved with a married man many years her senior. 她與一名比她年長很多的已婚男子墜入情網。

5. N-COUNT Seniors are students in a high school, university, or college who are in their fourth year of study. (高中、大學的) 畢業班學生[美國英語]

...the number of high school seniors who go on to college. …高中畢業班上大學的學生人數。

6. N-COUNT A senior is the same as a . 老年人

Tickets at the gate are $10, $7 for seniors (age 55 and up). 門票價格爲$10，老年人(55嵗及以上)爲$7。

7. ADJ If you take part in a sport at senior level, you take part in competitions with adults and people who have reached a high degree of achievement in that sport. (躰育比賽) 成人組的[ADJ n]

This will be his fifth international championship and his third at senior level. 這將是他的第五次國際錦標賽，也是他的第三次成人級別比賽。