senate
常考释义
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
" 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。
And the United States Senate has a duty as well - to give those nominees a fair hearing, and a prompt up-or-down vote on the Senate floor.
美国参议院也有责任就这些提名人选问题举行公平的听证会,并在参议院立即做出表决。
Now, he said, it would fall to the Senate "to take the baton and bring this effort to the finish line on behalf of the American people. "
现在,奥巴马语重心长地说道,“代表美国人们接过接力棒奔向终点的责任”就落在了参议院身上。
In his own life, Barack Obama has lived the American dream, as a community organizer, in the state senate, as a United States senator.
身为社区组织者、州参议员和联邦参议员,贝拉克·奥巴马自已的生活就是美国梦的真实写照。
After Mr Obama's speech, Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell accused the Obama administration of trying to "lock up" US energy.
就在奥巴马发言后,共和党参议院领袖米奇麦康奈尔指责奥巴马政府试图“锁定”美国能源。
The U. S. Senate has dropped efforts to put emissions curbs in an energy bill now focused on reforming offshore drilling.
美国参议院已经否决了一项控制温室气体排放的能源法案,此法案重点在于改革离岸石油开采。
Jones grew up in Paris and is fluent in French. As a young officer in the 1980s he was the Marine Corps' liaison to the U. S. Senate.
琼斯将军在巴黎长大,能说一口流利的法语。在1980年代,他是一名年轻的海军陆战队驻美国参议院联络官。
And he had a plain face, one which many thought was ugly. He looked more like a simple farmer than a candidate for the United States Senate.
他看起来更像一位农民,而不像是美国参议员的候选人。
The Chairman of this Subcommittee, Senator Frist, has asked you for a 1 page memo on whether or not the Senate should ratify the Treaty.
小组委员会的主席,福瑞斯特参议员要求你缴交一份单页备忘录,说明参议院是否该批准这份协议。
Hillary Clinton said the decision to give up her seat in the U. S. Senate to accept the post of secretary of state was not easy.
希拉里.克林顿说,放弃参议员的工作去接受国务卿任命是一个艰难的决定。
Good morning. The United States Senate is now considering my nomination of Judge Sam Alito to be an associate justice on the Supreme Court.
美国参议院正在考虑我对山姆~奥利特的最高法院大法官的提名。
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