A council of elders — the senior, weighty body of people who sit together to govern, originally the old men of Rome whose word carried authority.
From the word’s history
From Latin senatus 'council of elders', from senex 'old man' (the same root as senior).
源自拉丁文 senatus（長老議會），字根 senex 意為「老人」，與 senior（資深的）同源。所以 senate 的底層畫面比較像「由資深長者組成的議事會」。
Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), 'senate'
登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Senatename
- 1
Any of several legislative bodies. (In countries which have multiple legislative bodies, the Senate is often the more senior.)
- 2
historicalThe council that governed the ancient Roman Republic.
- 3
The Senate of Canada; the upper house of the Canadian parliament; "the Senate".
- 4
The United States Senate.
- 5
The upper legislative body of many of the states of the United States.
- 6
The upper house of the Philippine Congress.
senatenoun/ˈsɛnɪt/
- 1
In some bicameral legislative systems, the upper house or chamber.
- 2
A group of experienced, respected, wise individuals serving as decision makers or advisors in a political system or in institutional governance, as in a university, and traditionally of advanced age.
- Before the Tyrant's throne All night his aged Senate sate.
- 3
In Germany, the executive branch of government in the city states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg; the governments of cities that were part of the Hanseatic League; and the bench in a higher appellate court.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。