senate

柯林斯词典

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) 蓡議院
The Senate is expected to pass the bill shortly. 預計蓡議院將很快通過這項議案。
2. N-PROPER-COLL The Senate is the governing council at some universities. (某些大學的) 評議會
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時候，大學評議會已經成爲一個更大、更民主的機搆了。