单词senate
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
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.
（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
（古罗马的）元老院:
(in ancient Rome) the most important council of the government; the building where the council met
立法机构(全体成员);立法程序
(剑桥大学等的)评议会;理事会
(古罗马的)元老院
(美、法等国议会的)参议院;上(议)院
复数：senates
v.+n.:
senate pass,run senate,senate come,control senate,leave senate
adj.+n.:
full senate
n.governing bodycouncillegislaturecongressassembly
" 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”。
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。
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。
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。
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…
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。