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| 1 | with a high rank or position （级别或地位）高的，高级的 |
| a senior officer/teacher/manager 高级军官/教师/经理 |
| | 1a | with a rank or position that is higher than someone else’ s （级别或地位）较…高的 | | +to There are only two posts that are senior to mine. 只有两个职位比我的高。 | |
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| 2 | only before noun older 年长的 |
| Only senior pupils can leave the school premises during the lunch break. 只有高年级学生能在午休期间离开校区。 |
| | 2a | involving old people 老年人的 | | the senior competition 老年竞赛 | |
| | 2b | used after someone’ s name to refer to the older of two people with the same name in the same family （用在家庭内姓名相同的人名后表示）老，年长的 | | the career of Douglas Fairbanks Senior 老道格拉斯·范朋克的事业 | |
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