senate

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UK ['senət]
  • 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）
  • Web上院；元老院；美国参议院
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Senate
n.
1.
[sing]
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）one of the two groups of elected politicians who make laws in some countries, for example in the US, Australia, Canada and France. The Senate is smaller than the other group but higher in rank. Many state parliaments in the US also have a Senate.
a member of the Senate
参议员
a Senate committee
参议院委员会
2.
[c][ususing][u]
（某些国家的）大学理事会，大学评议会(in some countries) the group of people who control a university
the senate of Loughborough University
拉夫伯勒大学评议会
3.
[sing]
（古罗马的）元老院(in ancient Rome) the most important council of the government; the building where the council met

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" He said he served as Senate speaker, but the work does not end, determined to " make people's lives for the better and hard work.
他说自己担任过参院议长，但工作并不因此而结束，决心“为使国民的生活变得更好而拼命努力”。
tā shuō zì jǐ dān rèn guò cān yuàn yì zhǎng , dàn gōng zuò bìng bù yīn cǐ ér jié shù , jué xīn " wèi shǐ guó mín de shēng huó biàn de gèng hǎo ér pīn mìng nǔ lì " 。
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Harry Reid, the party's leader in the Senate, faces a difficult election fight in Nevada: he said the mosque should go somewhere else.
参议院民主党领袖哈里•里德（HarryReid）在内华达州面临艰难选战：他称清真寺应该建在其它地方。
cān yì yuàn mín zhǔ dǎng lǐng xiù hā lǐ • lǐ dé ( HarryReid ) zài nèi huá dá zhōu miàn lín jiān nán xuǎn zhàn : tā chēng qīng zhēn sì yīng gāi jiàn zài qí tā dì fang 。
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he did not expect to have to defend religious freedom on the floor of the U. S. Senate.
参议院少数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔说，他没有料到不得不在参议院捍卫宗教自由。
cān yì yuàn shǎo shù dǎng lǐng xiù mǐ qí · mài kāng nài ěr shuō , tā méi yǒu liào dào bù dé bù zài cān yì yuàn hàn wèi zōng jiào zì yóu 。
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Richard Shelby, the top Republican on the Senate banking committee, said the bail-out in its original form was unacceptable.
共和党参议员银行委员会主席RichardShelby表示，原有的紧急援助形式是不可接受的。
gòng hé dǎng cān yì yuán yín háng wěi yuán huì zhǔ xí RichardShelby biǎo shì , yuán yǒu de jǐn jí yuán zhù xíng shì shì bù kě jiē shòu de 。
article.yeeyan.org
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We sort of have a 'do-nothing Senate' right now where nobody's wanting to really pick up the ball and run with it. . .
现在我们有一个“什么也不做的参议院”，没人想要真的拿起球运球…
xiàn zài wǒ men yǒu yī gè " shén me yě bù zuò de cān yì yuàn " , méi rén xiǎng yào zhēn de ná qǐ qiú yùn qiú …
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President Bush said he hoped Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, has the same desire to move the bill forward as he does.
布什总统表示他希望参议院多数党领导人、内华达州民主党人哈里·里德与自己一样有意推动立法进展。
bù shí zǒng tǒng biǎo shì tā xī wàng cān yì yuàn duō shù dǎng lǐng dǎo rén 、 nèi huá dá zhōu mín zhǔ dǎng rén hā lǐ · lǐ dé yǔ zì jǐ yí yàng yǒu yì tuī dòng lì fǎ jìn zhǎn 。
blog.hjenglish.com
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When he entered the Senate, Miller did not know that he was shortly to be murdered by his dearest friend.
当米勒进入参议院时，他根本不会想到他不久将被他最亲爱的朋友谋杀。
dāng mǐ lè jìn rù cān yì yuàn shí , tā gēn běn bú huì xiǎng dào tā bù jiǔ jiāng bèi tā zuì qīn ài de péng yǒu móu shā 。
learning.sohu.com
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He had served in the marines in World War II, had been a great governor, and was the best speaker in the Senate.
他二战时曾在海军陆战队服役，州长的工作也做过很出色，在参议院也是最好的议长。
tā èr zhàn shí céng zài hǎi jūn lù zhàn duì fú yì , zhōu zhǎng de gōng zuò yě zuò guò hěn chū sè , zài cān yì yuàn yě shì zuì hǎo de yì zhǎng 。
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The findings and allegations in the Senate report are said by people familiar with the matter to mirror those discovered by US authorities.
据知情人士称，参议院这份报告的这些发现和指控与美国当局的发现相似。
jù zhī qíng rén shì chēng , cān yì yuàn zhè fèn bào gào de zhè xiē fā xiàn hé zhǐ kòng yǔ měi guó dāng jú de fā xiàn xiāng sì 。
www.ftchinese.com
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The point of all this, though, was to uphold the worth of the Senate.
然而，这一切的意义都在与维护参议院的形象。
rán ér , zhè yí qiè de yì yì dōu zài yǔ wéi hù cān yì yuàn de xíng xiàng 。
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