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单词 senator
释义
senator
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsen.ə.tər/us
/ˈsen.ə.t̬ɚ/
(written abbreviationSen.)
apoliticianwho has beenelectedto aSenate:
参议员
Only two senatorsvotedagainst thebill.只有两名参议员反对这一法案。
[as form of address]It's apleasuretomeetyou, Senator.很高兴认识你，参议员。
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  • The senator has been in thespotlightrecentlysince therevelationof histaxfrauds.
  • The senatorworkedhard, alwaystalkingto hisconstituentsandhearingtheirproblems.
  • The senator has twohomes- anapartmentin Washington and ahouseinColorado.
  • For threehoursacommitteeofstatesenatorslistenedto aparadeoflocalresidentsgivingtheiropinions.
  • formerU.S. senator George Mitchell
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senatorial
(Definition ofsenatorfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

senator| American Dictionary

senator
noun[C]
us
/ˈsen·ə·t̬ər/
(abbreviationSen.)
politics & government
amemberof asenate,esp. of the USSenate:
Write toyoursenator aboutyourconcerns.
(Definition ofsenatorfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsenator

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Before the amendment, senators were elected indirectly by state legislators; after the amendment, senators were elected directly by the state citizenry.
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The second, greater uncertainty for asenatorseeking election and reelection came from potential opponents for the seat within their own party.
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As part of the confirmation process, the panel's counsel sends a "blue slip" to each of the two home state senators for the nomination.
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Once elected, senators had to develop reputations that translated into support among party organization regulars as well as directly among their constituents.
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This suggests that senators knew more about their constituents' views than demographics and election returns conveyed, even in the absence of any polls.
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When we compare late-twentieth-century membership trends for senators and citizens affiliated with prominent cross-class associations, social capital theory and reorganization theory offer clearly different expectations.
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The results are produced using a negative binomial model, with standard errors adjusted for clustering on individual senators.
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The results are produced using a negative binomial model, with standard errors adjusted for clustering on senators.
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I include state population into the model to test whether it is more difficult for asenatorto cultivate personal votes in a larger state.
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Thesenatornoted that, in the postwar world, the whole concept of foreign aid, especially to the underdeveloped world, was relatively new.
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Thus, senators from small states spend more money from these sources per capita, whereas those from large states spend a smaller amount per capita.
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We focus on the proportions of types of affiliations eachsenatorclaims at various dates, because we want to explain, not ab21.
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That helps to explain, of course, why senators might have been willing to allow opposition party senators to fill out blue slips.
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What we can determine from these public biographical profiles, however, are the civic affiliations that senators openly proclaim.
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Network analyses allow us to quantify ties formed by civic affiliations shared among senators themselves.
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