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senate
释义
- n.
- 参议院（美国、澳大利亚、加拿大、法国等国家的两个立法机构之一；美国许多州议会也设有参议院）
- 网络
- 上院；元老院；美国参议院
展开详细释义
n.
1.(美、法等国议会的)参议院;上(议)院
2.(古罗马的)元老院
3.(剑桥大学等的)评议会;理事会
4.立法机构(全体成员);立法程序
词形变化
复数：senates
常用短语 4 组
- senate finance committee
- 参议院财政委员会
- senate banking committee
- （美）参议院银行业委员会
- senate budget committee
- n. 美国参议院预算委员会
- senate armed services committee
- 参议院军事委员会；参议院武装部队委员会
在例句中理解 32 句
Once, near the Russell Senate Office Building, we happened upon a mysterious pile of pellets that appeared to be some kind of fertilizer.
有一次，在拉塞尔参议院大楼附近，我们偶然发现了一个可能是由肥料堆出来的小堆。
On the floor of the Senate one day, I caught up with one of my Republican colleagues who had leveled this charge at me.
有一天在参议院会议大厅，我追上一个共和党同事，他曾经用以上的话语指责过我。
Although the Senate did not follow the co - author with the box-office hit what World War II, "Li meters, " but quietly in the fire, Xinhua.
虽然没跟着与参合着打什么票房大战，可“李米”却静悄悄地在电里火了。
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved the bill more than a year ago, but it has yet to come to the floor.
参议院环境和公共事业委员会一年多前就批准了该法，但到目前为止该法还没有经过正式讨论。
After the war, it was not easy for Seward to convince the Senate that Alaska would be an important addition to the United States.
战争退出之后，西华花了很多心力说服参议院，让议员们相信阿拉斯加对美国是相当重要的。
Mr. Warner, the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, had already said he disagreed with General Pace.
某先生华纳，排名共和党在参议院武装部队委员会，已经表示他不同意佩斯将军。
The absence of any experience as a judge was raised by Senate Republicans as a potential stumbling block to her confirmation.
参议院共和党指出她缺乏法官经验，这将成为她通过批准的潜在绊脚石。
Not coincidentally, the Warner-Lieberman bill eventually went down in an embarrassing defeat in the Senate.
并非巧合的是，沃纳.利伯曼议案最终在参议院遭遇了尴尬的挫败。
The California Democrat said he hoped the Senate will move swiftly to adopt a similar bill so a measure can be sent to the White House.
这位加州的民主党人说他期望参议院能够很快的通过这项简单的法案，这样就能向白宫发布一个措施。
And Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn. , the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, said he would hold a hearing on the issue next month.
同时，森·克里斯托弗多德，参议院银行业务委员会的主席，说他将下个月举行有关此问题的一次听证会。
Congress returns from recess on Tuesday, and bipartisan groups in the House and Senate have been trying to hash out compromise deals.
美国国会周二结束了休会期，参众两院的两党小组正在努力展开认真的讨论，以求达成妥协性协议。
By yesterday there were fears that the rescue plan might have trouble passing in the Senate - at least without significant spending cuts.
到昨天为止有担心这个救援计划也许并非能够顺利在参议院通过-----至少如果不对它做出重大开销削减的前提下如此。
Treasury Secretary Geithner told members of the Senate banking committee that economic recovery efforts are beginning to take effect.
盖特纳财长告诉参议院银行委员会的成员们，政府为经济复苏所做出的努力正在发挥作用。
Mr Fuld was one of a number of witnesses testifying in a Senate hearing room on Capitol Hill.
富尔德是在国会出席参议院听证会的众多证人之一。
Let me unequivocally state right here before you and the whole country, under no circumstances was I trying to sell the Senate seat. . .
让我在此于大家和全国面前明确地说明，我不会在任何情况下尝试出售参议院席位…
One former staffer says that his fellow-employees used to say that the senate was like a mother to them.
一位前职员提到，他的同事认为参议员对他们来说就像一位母亲。
After the Senate refused to allow Richard an up-or-down vote when I nominated him in 2011, I took action to appoint him on my own.
自从2011年参议院拒绝我对理查德的提名进行投票表决之后，我行使自己的特权直接进行了任命。
With such a man let loose in the Senate, there was no hope of bipartisanship.
有这个不拘一格的人在参议院里，从来就没有两党主义生存的土壤。
Romulus's life ended in the thirty-eighth year of his reign, with a supernatural disappearance, if he was not slain by the Senate.
罗穆卢斯死于他统治的第38年，假如他不是被元老院谋杀的话，那么他是超自然地消失了。
So the consumer protection bureau serves a vital function. But as I said, Senate Republicans are trying to kill it.
所以，消费者金融保护局发挥着关键的作用。不过就像我说的那样，参议院共和党人正在设法扼杀它。
Andy was as good as his word. He kept writing to the State Senate. Two letters a week instead of one.
安迪就像他说的那样，不停的给州议院写信。一星期两封而不是一封。
despite the fact that I've opposed them even before I got to the United States Senate.
尽管事实上我甚至在加入美国参议院前就反对这些政策。
Judicial candidates for the District Court are nominated by the President and must be confirmed by the U. S. Senate.
地区法院的法官候选人由总统提名，必须经美国参议院批准。
In the Senate, Obama amassed a voting record in line with that of the Democratic Party's liberal wing.
奥巴马在参议院的投票记录与民主党自由派的记录一致。
He worked his way through college and made it to the Senate by the age of 29.
进入大学接受高等教育，为他的人生铺设了一条坦途，29岁那年他进入参议院。
In the case of at least one proposal reportedly included in the Senate package, bipartisan support actually seems to prove the opposite.
根据报道，在参院的一揽子方案中包括至少一项提议，两党的支持实际上使得上述希望落空。
Republican Senate James Inhole sounded alarm bells as well, warning that the Congress might have to put brakes on the idea.
共和党参议员詹姆斯·因赫尔也敲响了警钟，他警告称国会可能必须停止这一想法。
If I should lose on the real issues, I shall return to my seat in the Senate, satisfied that I'd tried my best and was fairly judged.
如果我在真正的辩论中失败了，我将返回参议院，我已尽力而为，且得到了公正的裁判，对此我心满意足。
Charlie Crist, Florida's governor, was set to leave the Republican Party and run for the Senate as an independent.
佛罗里达州州长查理克里斯特退出共和党，以自由人士身份竞选参议院席位。
Less than a month after turning 30 in 1962, Mr. Kennedy declared his candidacy for the remaining two years of his brother's Senate term.
1962年，肯尼迪满30岁不到一个月，就宣布参选其兄还剩两年参议员一职。
The Senate is expected to pass the bill shortly.
预计参议院将很快通过这项议案。
The Senate approved the bill.
参议院批准了这项议案。