senator

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sen·a·tor, Senator /ˈsenətə $ -tər/ noun [countable] (written abbreviation Sen.) PGOa member of the Senate or a senate 参议员 Senator Kennedy 肯尼迪参议员 —senatorial /ˌsenəˈtɔːriəl◂/ adjective

Examples from the Corpus

senator• Although senators insisted that they want to work with a spirit of cooperation, signs of strain are evident.• The reforms were supported by President Carlos Saúl Menem, the other provincial governors and congressional deputies and senators.• The debate was opened by Senator Robinson.• In his early days, as congressman, senator and vice president, he was a vicious political opponent.• The Democratic Senator from New York held a press conference yesterday.• The first Kansas senators were Atchison men.• The President met with a group of senators and congressmen to discuss energy policy.• Congressional elections are by universal and compulsory adult suffrage with one-third of the senators elected indirectly.• The one-third reduction would save about $ 390 million over six years, the senators estimated.• I know of other children who have written to their senators and state representatives or to editors of local newspapers.

sen·a·tor nounChineseSyllable

Corpus or a a senate the of member Senate

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, Senator /ˈsenətə $ -tər/ noun [countable] (written abbreviation Sen.)
a member of the Senate or a senate:

Senator Kennedy
—senatorial /ˌsenəˈtɔːriəl◂/ adjective

THESAURUS

   ▪ politician someone who works in politics, especially an elected member of the government: senior politicians
   ▪ statesman a political or government leader, especially one who is well-respected: a respected elder statesman | great statesmen like Roosevelt and Churchill | He would later describe the king as ‘one of the most brilliant statesmen I have ever been privileged to meet’.
   ▪ MP/Member of Parliament in Britain, someone who has been elected to a parliament to represent people from a particular area of the country: Ken Newton, MP
   ▪ congressman a man who is a member of a congress, especially the US House of Representatives: a Republican congressman
   ▪ congresswoman a woman who is a member of a congress, especially the US House of Representatives: Mrs McKinney was the state’s first black congresswoman.
   ▪ senator a member of the senate, especially in the US: Senator Clinton
   ▪ representative in the US, a member of the House of Representatives: Democratic Representatives
   ▪ mayor someone who has been elected to lead the government of a town or city: Boris Johnson was elected Mayor of London. | the former New York mayor, Rudy Giuliani
   ▪ spin doctor someone who is used by a political party to influence people’s opinions by cleverly controlling what is reported in the news: The party spin doctors would like us to believe that the government is committed to improving the environment.

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