senate
n
(often 常作 Senate)
1 [CGp] upper house of the law-making assembly in some countries, eg France, the US and Australia 参议院(如法国、 美国、 澳大利亚的)
[attrib 作定语]
a Senate committee, decision 参议院委员会、 决议. Cf 参看 congress 2, the House of Representatives (house1).
2 [CGp] governing council of certain universities (某些大学的)教务委员会, 理事会.
3 [Gp] (in ancient Rome) highest council of state (古罗马的)元老院.
Settlers made agreements with Native American cheifs but always broke them afterwards.
殖民者同美洲土著人的首领达成了协议,但是这些协议随后总是被撕毁。
The third person who lit a match started the fire.
第三个工人擦亮一根火柴就引发了火灾。
Even before India won independence from its British rulers, it was clear that Gandhi was the key figure and leader in the struggle of 380 million Indians to govern themselves.