| 词组 | senior |
| 释义 | 1． 表示“高中”时，用 senior high school 是美国用法，口语中可省略成 senior high; 它还常指高中或大学( 本科) 的毕业班学生，为可数名词: Woodrow Wilson Senior High School I'm in senior high. ( 用在口语中) “We have a lot of seniors，the freshman team looks promising and we have quite a few dedica- ted juniors and sophomores.”( 大学 1 至 4 年级的学生分别是 fresh- man，sophomore，junior，senior) 2． senior 与 old 都可表示“老的”，但用法不一样。 1) senior 侧重指“资格老的、级别或地位高的”: a senior correspondent a senior professor a senior army officer a senior government official 2) old 比较普通常用，可形容各种老的事物: an old house an old bridge an old man an old book an old tree an old cat 3) 说“谁比谁老 ( 大 ) 几岁”，senior 和 old 的用法不一样: My brother is three years my sen- ior. My brother is my senior by three years. My brother is three years older than I am. 4) senior citizen 在有的国家是指 50 岁以上，在美国通常是 65 岁左右，但退休老人一般可以叫 senior citi- zen。 5) 与姓名连用时，old 前置，senior 后置; 如“老布什”可以说 : Old Bush George Bush，Senior 6) senior 后置至少有 3 种形式: George Bush，Senior George Bush，Sr. George Bush，sr. 3． senior moment 一般指“( 老人) 健忘的瞬间”，有一则笑话 Senior Moment: An elderly couple had dinner at another couple's house，and after eating， the wives left the table and went into the kitchen. The elderly gentlemen were talking， and one said， “Last night we went to a new restaurant.” |
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