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senate

/sen-it/US // ˈsɛn ɪt //UK // (ˈsɛnɪt) //

参议院,元老院,元老会,议院

Related Words

body尸体chamber分室,分分室parliament议会,国会,国会议员house房屋,房子,房子里,房子里的court法庭,法院,法庭上,法庭上的assembly集合,集会,集结,集合体congress大会,议会,国会,国议会diet饮食,节食,饮食方面,饮食疗法council理事会,委员会,议会,理事plenum冧实,冧实的,冧实是,冧实的是lawmakers立法者,立法者们,立法机构,立法会议员gathering聚会,集会,聚集,集合assemblage集合,组合,组装,集合体society社会,社团,协会,社群committee委员会,委会,委员,委員會conference会议,大会,会议的,会议的内容union联盟,联盟的,联盟的情况convention惯例,公约,习俗,协定meeting会议,会议内容,会议现场,聚会caucus党团,党团组织,党团员,核心小组

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
    • : the upper house of the legislature of certain countries, as the United States, France, Italy, Canada, Ireland, Republic of South Africa, Australia, and some Latin American countries.
    • : the room or building in which such a group meets.
    • : Roman History. the supreme council of state, the membership and functions of which varied at different periods.
    • : a governing, advisory, or disciplinary body, as in certain universities.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inlegislature
Synonyms
body尸体chamber分室,分分室house房屋,房子,房子里,房子里的parliament议会,国会,国会议员assembly集合,集会,集结,集合体congress大会,议会,国会,国议会council理事会,委员会,议会,理事diet饮食,节食,饮食方面,饮食疗法plenum冧实,冧实的,冧实是,冧实的是house of representatives众议院,议院,议员院voice of the people人民的声音,人民之声,人民的心声,人民的呼声
as inparliament
Synonyms
court法庭,法院,法庭上,法庭上的assemblage集合,组合,组装,集合体assembly集合,集会,集结,集合体congress大会,议会,国会,国议会council理事会,委员会,议会,理事diet饮食,节食,饮食方面,饮食疗法gathering聚会,集会,聚集,集合
as incongress
Synonyms
assembly集合,集会,集结,集合体association协会,协会简介,社团,关联caucus党团,党团组织,党团员,核心小组chamber分室,分分室club俱乐部,会所,棍棒,俱乐部队committee委员会,委会,委员,委員會conclave秘密会议,秘密聚会,秘密集会,秘密法庭conference会议,大会,会议的,会议的内容convention惯例,公约,习俗,协定convocation开学典礼,开幕式,召集会议,开会council理事会,委员会,议会,理事delegates代表们,代表,委托人,代表队government政府,政府的,府,政guild公会,行会,协会,公社league联赛,联盟,联谊会,联盟的legislature立法机关,立法机构,立法部门,议会meeting会议,会议内容,会议现场,聚会order秩序,订单,顺序,命令parliament议会,国会,国会议员society社会,社团,协会,社群union联盟,联盟的,联盟的情况legislative body立法机构,立法机关,法律机构,法规机构the hill山上,山头,山下,山丘the house房子,房子里的人,房子里,房子的问题
as incouncil
Synonyms
assembly集合,集会,集结,集合体board董事会,董事会成员,董事会成员名单body尸体cabinet内阁,橱柜,柜子,橱窗chamber分室,分分室clan氏族,氏族人,群体,族裔committee委员会,委会,委员,委員會conclave秘密会议,秘密聚会,秘密集会,秘密法庭confab会议厅,会议中心,会议,大会conference会议,大会,会议的,会议的内容congregation会众,聚会,教众,教会congress大会,议会,国会,国议会convention惯例,公约,习俗,协定convocation开学典礼,开幕式,召集会议,开会diet饮食,节食,饮食方面,饮食疗法directorate首长级,首长办公室,首长室,局部gang帮派,帮会,帮派成员,帮派的人gathering聚会,集会,聚集,集合groupthink团体迷思,团体迷信,团体思维,团体主义huddle挤在一起,蜷缩,团结一致,蜷缩成一团meet满足,遇见,遇到,迎接ministry部委,部署,部会,部落mob暴徒,乌合之众,暴民,暴徒们outfit装备,舾装,舾装件,衣服panel小组,面板,小组讨论,小组成员parliament议会,国会,国会议员powwow聚会ring戒指,环,圆环,圈子synod教会代表会议,教会代表大会,教会大会,教会会议brain trust智囊团,智库,智智囊团,智囊机构governing body理事机构,理事单位,管理机构,领导机构kitchen cabinet厨柜,橱柜,厨房橱柜,厨具柜official family正式家庭,正式的家庭,公务员家庭,官家

Examples

  • He was set to testify before the state senate, where a bill to finally repeal the 50a secrecy law was being considered.

  • On March 19, the faculty senate on March 19 passed a resolution urging the university to strike the names.

  • This is going to be the Game of Thrones of U.S. Senate races.

  • This Congress will welcome more women than ever before at 19 percent of the House and 20 percent of the Senate.

  • AIDS insanity:  When running for the US Senate in 1992, Huckabee called for a quarantine of people who had AIDS.

  • It was a Senate floor soap opera over none other than a soap-opera producer.

  • He seemed by all appearances perfectly happy to let the Republicans control the state senate.

  • He was afterwards a member of the Massachusetts senate, and much esteemed as a physician and a patriot.

  • The conservative senate sent a deputation to Bonaparte, expressing their desire that he would accept the title of emperor.

  • This power may be exercised, either through treaties made by the president and senate, or through statutes enacted by congress.

  • In due course the news came that the date of voting in the Senate for or against the retention of the Islands was fixed.

  • That will fill in while you are waiting a chance for Congress—you must be seven years in the country for that—nine for the Senate.

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