名詞參議院（美國(guó)、法國(guó)、澳大利亞等國(guó)家的兩個(gè)立法機(jī)構(gòu)之一）; 上院; 某些國(guó)家的)大學(xué)理事會(huì); 大學(xué)評(píng)議會(huì)
senate
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1. This proposal was approved by both the House and the Senate.
這一建議得到了參、眾兩院的批準(zhǔn)。
1. 元老院：5: 美國(guó)參議院承襲古[[羅馬元老院]](Senate)之名. 其議場(chǎng)座落于首都[[華盛...9: ...型. 例如,[[約翰.迪金遜]](John Dickinson)主張「國(guó)會(huì)第二議院應(yīng)由最具身份...1: ...位有時(shí)也被用作'''國(guó)際單位制單位'''(SI Unit)的簡(jiǎn)稱.
2. 上議院：除少數(shù)例外情況外,所有議會(huì)立法都須眾議院(House of Commons)、上議院(Senate)和總督同意. 省政府是由選舉產(chǎn)生的省議會(huì)成員中組成. 省第一把手被稱為Premier. 省立法機(jī)關(guān)沒有上議院.
1. (美國(guó)、澳大利亞等國(guó)議會(huì)的)參議院
The Senate is the smaller and more important of the two parts of the parliament in some countries, for example the United States and Australia.
e.g. The Senate is expected to pass the bill shortly.
預(yù)計(jì)參議院不久就會(huì)通過此議案。
e.g. ...a Senate committee.
參議院委員會(huì)
2. （某些大學(xué)的）大學(xué)理事會(huì)，大學(xué)評(píng)議會(huì)
Senate or the Senate is the governing council at some universities.
e.g. By the time I was Vice Chancellor, Senate had become a much larger and a much more democratic body...
到了我當(dāng)校長(zhǎng)的時(shí)候，大學(xué)評(píng)議會(huì)的人員規(guī)模已顯著擴(kuò)大，也變得更加民主了。
e.g. The new bill would remove student representation from the university Senate.
新議案將取消大學(xué)評(píng)議會(huì)中的學(xué)生代表。