the Senate

劍橋詞典

the Senate noun (POLITICS)


the more important of the two groups of politicians who make laws in some countries such as the US, Australia , and France
（美國、澳大利亞、法國等國的）蓡議院
the French /Australian Senate 法國／澳大利亞蓡議院
The US Senate has 100 members . 美國蓡議院有100名蓡議員。
The law has no chance of being passed by the Senate. 這條法律不可能在蓡議院得到通過。

例句

• The senate will have the power to veto laws passed by the lower house .
• The senate has passed a proposal to set a national drunk driving standard .
• He is the oldest member of the 55-strong Republican majority in the US senate.
• He is the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee .
• The senate is debating a more lenient bill .

the Senate noun (EDUCATION)


the group of people who control a college or university
（大學(xué)的）評(píng)議會(huì)，理事會(huì) 返回 the Senate