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单词 senate
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senate
noun[C]
(alsoSenate)
uk
/ˈsen.ət/us
/ˈsen.ət/

senatenoun[C](POLITICS)

one of the twogroupsofpoliticianswho makelawsin somepoliticalsystemssuch as in the US,Australia, and France, often having differentpowersfrom the othergroupand differentrulesformembers, forexamplebeingelectedfor alongerperiod:
（诸如美国、澳大利亚、法国的）参议院
Thelawhas nochanceof beingpassedbytheSenate.该法律没有机会在参议院获得通过。
theFrench/Australian Senate法国/澳洲参议院
The US Senate has 100members.美国参议院有100名参议员。
The UK doesn't have a senate; it has aHouseof Lords.英国不设参议院，而设上议院。
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  • The senate has thepowertovetolawspassedby thelowerhouse.
  • Bermuda isgovernedby a Senate (11members), aHouseofAssembly(40members,electedfor 5years), and acabinetheadedby apremier.
  • TheHousespeakersaid he wasconfidentthesettlementwould go through without the Senate'samendment.
  • He is thechairmanof the senateforeignrelationscommittee.
  • HecomparedtheCanadianand Australian senates.
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senatenoun[C](EDUCATION)

thegroupofpeoplewhocontrolacollegeoruniversity
大学理事会
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(Definition ofsenatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

senate| American Dictionary

senate
noun[U]
us
/ˈsen·ət/
politics & government
thegroupofpoliticianswho have the mostpowerto makelawsin agovernment:
The US Senate has 100members.
Heservedin thestatesenate.
politics & government
In Canada,membersof the Senate giveadviceaboutlawsbut do not makelaws.
(Definition ofsenatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

the Senate| Business English

the Senate
noun[S]
GOVERNMENT,POLITICS
uk
us
thenameof theupperhouse(= moreimportantof the twoparts)of theparliamentsof somecountries, forexamplethe US,Australia, and France:
Thelawwill not bepassedby theSenate.
(Definition ofthe Senatefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsenate

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In this sample, 65 elections were decided by majority votes in the state house and statesenate, and 48 elections were decided in joint session.
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What happened was this : in not permitting the students to discipline their inferiors, thesenatehad undermined their claims to being gentlemen.
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Second, thesenate, the members of which served for nine years with the body renewed every three, remained untouched by the reform.
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It came at a time when congress and thesenatewere not allowed to alter budget legislation.
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This meant imposing bureaucratic standards of rationality and accountability on recalcitrant professors, academic senates, and rectors.
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Irregular professors had the jus promovendum, and were members of the faculty andsenate, but they lacked the power to vote in these decision-making bodies.
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The ceremony ended with the departure of thesenate.
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Just as the senate's adoption of pomp and ceremony, it was designed to shore up and intensify the notion of community.
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The music continued while thesenate, citizens' assembly and honoured guests viewed the monument.
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Thesenateindeed approved the bill but sent it back to the chamber with many revisions.
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Further, cross-national evidence suggests that senate's unequal representation of subnational units shapes legislators' strategies for pursuing distributive policy agendas.
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Dominant cities faced no special obstacles from the governor or thesenatein enacting special legislation.
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One bloc, while supporting the principal of mandatory vaccination disliked the senate's bill.
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The turning point was the restoration of thesenatein 1874, when this body was empowered to declare the ' disappearance ' of state powers.
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Congressional elections in 1882 replaced the lower house's membership as well as a portion of thesenate.
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