senate
美 [ˈsenət] 
英 ['senət]
- 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
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英汉双解
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 |
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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 |
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" 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。
The secrets of the President and the Cabinet, as well as of the Senate and the House of Representatives, seemed to be open to him.
总统和国务院的秘密以及参议院和众议院的秘密，好象对他都是公开的。
But if there should remain two or more who have equal votes, the Senate shall choose from them by ballot the Vice President.
但如果有二人或二人以上得票相等时，应由参议院投票表决，选举其中一人为副总统。
We run him for the Senate.
我们推举他竞选参议员。
But the senate in 1905 amended these treaties to make its consent to each arbitration necessary, and he withdrew them.
但是1905年参议院修正了这些条约，规定每一次仲裁都必须参议院同意，他于是撤消这些条约。
Under Senate rules, the chamber must vote on the bill by this Friday.
根据规定，参议院必须在本星期五以前投票表决此项议案。
The Senate disapproved the nominations.
参议院拒绝批准这些提名。
The scandal prompted a senate investigation.
公愤促使上议院进行调查。
Rumors soon reached the Senate; it began an investigation on February 2nd.
谣言立即传到参议院；参议院在2月2日开始调查。
President pushed the bill, now called the Keating-Owen bill, through the Senate in the summer of 1916.
总统于1916年夏天促使参议院通过了这个当时称为基廷-欧文法的法案。
The truth is that given the state of American politics, the way the Senate works is no longer consistent with a functioning government.
事实上，在当前的美国政治生态下，参院运作的方式已经不再与政府是否如常运作有必然的关系。
Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate finance committee, said it was just one of several ways in which China broke world trade rules.
参议院金融委员会主席马克斯•鲍卡斯（MaxBaucus）表示，中国多处打破世界贸易规则，压低汇率只是其中之一。
despite the fact that I've opposed them even before I got to the United States Senate.
尽管事实上我甚至在加入美国参议院前就反对这些政策。
In the Senate, Obama amassed a voting record in line with that of the Democratic Party's liberal wing.
奥巴马在参议院的投票记录与民主党自由派的记录一致。
He worked his way through college and made it to the Senate by the age of 29.
进入大学接受高等教育，为他的人生铺设了一条坦途，29岁那年他进入参议院。
The full Senate will take up the matter after this week's Thanksgiving recess, with the leadership keen to pass it before Christmas.
参议院全体在本周感恩节假期后将开始从事这件事，领导层非常想在圣诞节之前通过这项法案。
McClellan said Bush would be urging the Senate and the Senate minority leader to let the comprehensive bipartisan agreement move forward.
麦克莱伦还指出，布什总统将敦促参议院和参议院少数派领袖推进两党达成的共识。
This was the culmination of a campaign extending over many months in the Senate and in the media to get at the "truth" in Laos.
参议院和新闻界为弄清老挝问题“真相”而进行了许多个月的运动，现在达到了高潮。
Andy was as good as his word. He kept writing to the State Senate. Two letters a week instead of one.
安迪就像他说的那样，不停的给州议院写信。一星期两封而不是一封。
With the bill struggling to pass the Senate, the support of influential companies will give it a boost.
在这项议案努力通过参议院认可的时候，大公司的支持会起到一个极大的激励作用。
He didn't happen to see that light during the first three years as a member of the United States Senate, $932 million in requests.
而在他作为美国议会成员的前三年，没有见过他良心发现，9.32亿美元的申请啊。
Perhaps the Senate should give a bit of money to the CPSC but it need not splash out too much.
也许参议院是应该给美国消费品安全委员会一点钱，但不需要给太多。
Mr Obama said he was comfortable with the Senate's plan. It seems a safe bet that the protesters in McPherson Square would approve as well.
奥巴马表示他对参议院的方案感到满意。麦佛森广场上的抗议者们应该也会对该方案表示赞同。
When Burris arrived at the Capitol without the document, the secretary of the Senate informed him he would not be accepted.
而伯里斯到参议院报到时并无这一证件，因此，参议院秘书通知他其任命不被接受。
So the consumer protection bureau serves a vital function. But as I said, Senate Republicans are trying to kill it.
所以，消费者金融保护局发挥着关键的作用。不过就像我说的那样，参议院共和党人正在设法扼杀它。
The president said he expected the Senate to quickly make a last set of legislative fixes needed in the new law.
奥巴马总统表示，他期望参议院能够快速对新的法律进行最后的修改。
Lo and behold, when he returned to Washington, the Senate Republican Leader came out against the common-sense reforms we've proposed.
你瞧，当参议院共和党的领导回到华盛顿时，他便站出来反对我们我们提出的常识性的改革建议。
If it does pass, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D. , Nev. ) prepared to put it to a vote in the Senate, hoping to defeat it.
如果博纳的方案在众议院获得通过，参议院多数党领袖里德（HarryReid，内华达州民主党人）准备在参议院就博纳的方案进行投票，希望能挫败这份方案。
China was just beginning to remake its economy, and I was in the first Senate delegation to witness this evolution.
那时中国正准备重塑她的经济，我正是第一个见证该变化的参议院代表团成员。
Let me unequivocally state right here before you and the whole country, under no circumstances was I trying to sell the Senate seat. . .
让我在此于大家和全国面前明确地说明，我不会在任何情况下尝试出售参议院席位…
