senate

柯林斯詞典

1. N-PROPER-COLL The Senate is the smaller and more important of the two parts of the legislature in some US states and in some countries, for example, the United States and Australia. (美國、澳大利亞等國的) 參議院
The Senate is expected to pass the bill shortly. 預(yù)計(jì)參議院將很快通過這項(xiàng)議案。
2. N-PROPER-COLL The Senate is the governing council at some universities. (某些大學(xué)的) 評議會(huì)
By the time I was vice chancellor, the Senate had become a much larger and a much more democratic body. 到我做副校長的那個(gè)時(shí)候，大學(xué)評議會(huì)已經(jīng)成為一個(gè)更大、更民主的機(jī)構(gòu)了。