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the Senate
指美国等国家的参议院时通常加定冠词the。
The Senate voted on the new law.
参议院对新法律进行了投票。
参议院
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
参议院
the upper house in a bicameral legislature, including the US Senate
The Senate voted on the new law.
参议院对新法律进行了投票。
某些两院制立法机构中的上院。
In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.
拥有高度立法权力的议会
assembly possessing high legislative powers
由经验丰富、受人尊敬、明智的人组成的群体,在政治体系或机构治理中担任决策者或顾问,通常年长。
A group of experienced, respected, wise individuals serving as decision makers or advisors in a political system or in institutional governance, as in a university, and traditionally of advanced age.
美国国会的上议院
the upper house of the United States Congress
The Senate passed the new bill yesterday.
参议院昨天通过了新法案。
The university's senate voted to increase tuition fees.
大学评议会投票决定增加学费。
She was elected to the state senate last year.
她去年当选为州参议员。
指美国等国家的参议院时通常加定冠词the。
The Senate voted on the new law.
参议院对新法律进行了投票。
泛指任何类似的立法或审议机构时用不定冠词a。
The club's senate meets every Friday.
俱乐部的评议会每周五开会。
Senate可用作定语修饰名词，表示与参议院相关的。
The Senate election is next month.
参议院选举在下个月。
Not this
Senate approved the law.
Use this
The Senate approved the law.
Senate 作为特定机构名称前通常需要冠词 the。
Not this
She is a Senate.
Use this
She is a senator.
混淆了机构名称 Senate 与个人身份 senator。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
参议院委员会
The Senate committee is reviewing the new bill.
参议院委员会正在审议新法案。
参议院确认
The nominee awaits Senate confirmation.
提名人正在等待参议院确认。
参议院多数党
The Senate majority leader announced the new policy.
参议院多数党领袖宣布了新政策。
参议院听证会
The Senate hearing lasted for three hours.
参议院听证会持续了三个小时。
参议院会场
The debate on the Senate floor was intense.
参议院会场上的辩论很激烈。
我就是元老院。
In Star Wars Episode III, Palpatine declares 'I am the Senate' to assert his total control.
在《星球大战第三部》中，帕尔帕廷宣称‘我就是参议院’以宣告他的绝对控制。
元老院将决定你的命运。
Another line from Star Wars, Palpatine says 'The Senate will decide your fate' before revealing his power.
另一句来自《星球大战》的台词，帕尔帕廷说‘参议院将决定你的命运’后展示了他的力量。
Use Senate naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想 'senior'，Senate 是资深议员组成的参议院。
通常用于正式场合，指美国的参议院或类似立法机构，多出现在政治、法律文本中。
The words share the suffix '-ate' but only 'senate' and 'graduate' (noun) share a similar unstressed ending /ɪt/ or /ət/. The others have /eɪt/. No word in the list has the same stressed vowel /ɛ/ as 'senate', so none rhyme.
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