.senile de'mentia noun [U] a serious mental disorder in old people that causes loss of memory, loss of control of the body, etc. se nior On /'siiniafc)/ adj., noun u adj.

►                 OF HIGH RANK AMfJ h 1 ~ (to sb) high in rank or status;

higher in rank or status than others ( l^fife^ ) jt} (ft : a senior officer/managerAecturer, etc. ^  %

Hr,   oa senior partner in a law

firm  0 a senior post/position

f IRfv 0 I have ten years’ experience at senior management level. W A 1$' H Wjfjk 0 0 (BrE) Junior nurses usually work alongside more senior nurses.

o He is senior to

me. fife (ft fitfS itj „ 0 The meeting should be chaired by the most senior person present.       (ftlRfill

EEQ junior

►                 IN SPORT fj :fi if 2 [only before noun] for adults or

people at a more advanced level A (ft; M    ®£ft:

to take part in senior competitions # fin A fck W 0 He won the senior men’s 400 metres.   400 A

S¥o

►                 FATHER '   3 Senior (abbr. Snr., Sr) used after the

name of a man who has the same name as his son, to avoid confusion (        fifl fiE A 3i ft) £ ^ itIf )

^, A — compare junior adj. (3)

►                 SCHOOL/COLLEGE X: A"': 4 [only before noun] (BrE) (of

a school or part of a school ^ $ j£ % cfi — jf) for children over the age of ll or 13 (  11 £iJt 13 ^ fiU

±#A(ft ) 4^^$, A^rfP 5 [only before noun] (NAmE) connected with the last year in high school or college

( itiA^A^') 4:>Ik¥dftJ: the senior prom 4rlkAI8.

n&

m noun

►                 OLDER PERSON fioft Ala person who is older than

sb else      (ft A: She was ten years his senior, ftfe

\fc fife A 4 & o 0 My brother is my senior by two years.

If If tk fife A W 4 o — compare junior 2 (especially

NAmE) = SENIOR CITIZEN

►                 HIGHER RANK $£,T?j AS1! 3 a person who is higher in rank or status »J ( nfefifefc ) &!*#; ±&; ±fr]: She felt unappreciated both by her colleagues and her seniors. #tfe

►                 IN SPORT A f4 adults or people who have reached an advanced level WISfife Ai£3tJ M ;

tennis coaching for juniors and seniors       Wl RI ^ is

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►                 IN SCHOOL/COLLEGE T A,/ A 7 l[! 5 (BrE) a child at a senior school; an older child in a school 4^4; SJ4 $44 6 (in the US and some other countries) a student in the last year at a high school or college (

) 4ik$^£: high school seniors jSj  — compare sophomore

.senior aircraftman, .senior aircraftwoman noun a member of one of the lower ranks of the British airforce (        ^ .

.senior .chief petty officer noun an officer of middle rank in the US navy (

,senior citizen (also senior especially in NAmE) noun an older person, especially sb who has retired from work. People often call sb a ‘senior citizen’ to avoid saying that they are old or using the word ‘old-age pensioner’.   7

.senior 'common room noun {abbr. SCR) (BrE) a room used for social activities by teaching staff in a college or university ( A^ftJ )        &!fip£itJT*.

.senior 'high school (also .senior high) noun (in the US) a school for young people between the ages of 14 and 18 ( US ) jf&4 — compare junior high school se-ni-or-ity /.simi'Drati; NAmE-'air-; -'air-/ noun [U] 1 the fact of being older or of a higher rank than others A fie; M: a position of seniority [Hi      2 the rank

that you have in a company because of the length of time you have worked there : a lawyer with five years’ seniority W24 Aik££)]&(ft^!Jip 0 Should promo­tion be based on merit or seniority?

m, &Mmm?

.senior 'master sergeant noun an officer of middle rank in the US air force (     ) r

.senior 'moment noun (humorous) an occasion when sb forgets sth, or does not think clearly (thought to be typical of what happens when people get older) A M ( £¥AA'IZ,     «(ftftMTO ) : It was an

important meeting and a bad time to have a senior moment.

.senior 'nursing officer noun (BrE) a person in charge of a group of nurses in a hospital iftAA sen sa tion /sen'seijn/ noun 1 [C] a feeling that you get when sth affects your body Hi jt ; ^P : a tingling/buming, etc. sensation $!]

I had a sensation of falling, as if in a dream, fifefif -fife Sk (ft Hi  A fElftj o 2 [U] the ability to feel

through your sense of touch Hi#; Ik A; H771

feeling : She seemed to have lost all sensation in her arms.      T? 3 [C, usually

sing] a general feeling or impression that is difficult to explain; an experience or a memory jlCfist; ^ (ft Hi^; i£J95; 0'lZ: He had the eerie sensation of being watched. fifeA^cfife^i'J WAHtj^Wfifeo 0 When I arrived, I had the sensation that she had been expecting me. fife 3\ WJUs,      4 [C, usually sing., U]

very great surprise, excitement, or interest among a lot of people; the person or the thing that causes this surprise   ) : News of

his arrest caused a sensation, fife ® ffl M ® 7 M 0 0 The band became a sensation overnight. —

sensational /sen'seijanl/ adj. 1 causing great surprise, excitement, or interest ft^lj(ft;

H771 thrilling : The result was a sensational 4-1 victory.      IM 4:1   2 (disap­proving) (of a newspaper, etc.     trying to get your

interest by presenting facts or events as worse or more shocking than they really are # fk % ift; ^ A o/r SI (ft 3 (informal) extremely good; wonderful W; £fefck£ft Hn fantastic : You look sensational in that dress! #;

► sen-sa*tionally /-fianali/ adv.: They won sensationally against the top team, fife AI&7H^Jo o The incident was sensationally reported in the press.

^ it ^ o O He’s sensationally good-looking! fife A;# A jW 7!

sen sational ism /sen'seijanalizam/ noun [U] (disap­proving)I a way of getting people’s interest by using shocking words or by presenting facts and events as worse or more shocking than they really are ( jg fir

sensation-alist

/-fianalist/ adj.: sensationalist headlines ^Ao/r PH (ftfirfS sen sa tion al ize (BrE also -isej /sen'seijanalaiz/ verb [VN] (disapproving) to exaggerate a story so that it seems more exciting or shocking than it really is #t##AR/rPll

sense Otw /sens/ noun, verb m noun

►                 SIGHT/HEARING, ETC. Ml. QfrftAt t,[C] one of the five

powers (sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch) that your body uses to get information about the world around you   ( M, D/f. HA ilf ) :

the five senses A fife HS It 'g' tk o Dogs have a keen (= strong) sense of smell (ft jfc fg A i!t 0 o the sense

organs (= eyes, ears, nose, etc.) Hllttlllr o 1 could hardly believe the evidence of my own senses (= what I could see, hear, etc.). o

The mixture of sights, smells and sounds around her made her senses reel.  fiP^

A, fikM'ISAftlfto —see also sixth sense

►                 FEELING HM 2 [C] a feeling about sth important ( Xfili

A ♦ 'I# (ft ) Hi IfL, MiPs: He felt an overwhelming sense of loss. fifeHil!] # # o o a strong sense of purpose/ identity/duty, etc. MAEA.     Mim

A ii # 0 Helmets can give cyclists a false sense of security.         tfJ A—fife^fix       0

I had the sense that he was worried about something. fic]i1tfifeE'i>¥o

UNDERSTANDING/JUDGEMENT MM : HM 3 [sing.] an