Recent Examples on the WebMore pressure came from a former Republican state senator, who called the hospital to complain about Herrin’s treatment. Mollie Simon, ProPublica, 7 Sep. 2022 And arguably, if there had been just one more Democratic senator, or certainly two, a major bill would have passed. Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2022 Though members Congress and the state House of Representatives are elected every two years, in November, every state senator — five impacting Lake County — and all members of the County Board go before the voters. Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022 The judge's ruling dealt a blow to the GOP senator, a staunch Trump ally who had sought to avoid an appearance before the Fulton County grand jury. Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022 In tweets Friday morning, the US senator, who does not represent the Biden administration, reiterated her support for Taiwan. Brad Lendon, CNN, 28 Aug. 2022 Born in 1987, 35-year-old Ossoff is more than seven years younger than the next-youngest United States senator, Josh Hawley of Missouri, who is 42 years old and was born in 1979. Katharina Buchholz, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022 Bayh-Dole, a bipartisan piece of legislation supported by then-senator Joe Biden, changed that. Howard Dean, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2022 Earlier in his career, Crist was a Republican state senator, education commissioner and attorney general. Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2022 See More
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Etymology
Middle English senatour, from Anglo-French senatur, from Latin senator, from senatus
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SENATOR | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤American, US美國參議員▸➤Democratic, Republican民主黨/共和黨參議員➤conservative, liberal保守派/自由派參議員➤junior, senior年輕/資深參議員➤state州參議員◇a Republican state senator共和黨州參議員➤former前參議員◇the former US Senator, James Hurley美國前參議員詹姆斯・赫爾利➤fellow參議院同事◇He was pilloried by his fellow Senators.他受到參議院其他參議員的公開批評。➤key, leading關鍵/主要參議員◇We'll talk to two key senators on the Intelligence Committee.我們將與在情報委員會任職的兩位參議院要員會談。VERB + SENATOR➤elect, elect sb (as)選舉(某人為)參議員➤become當選參議員◇In 1988 he became a US Senator.1988 年他當選美國參議員。PHRASES➤senators and congressmen, senators and representatives (both NAmE) 參眾兩院議員◇Write your senators and congressmen urging them to protect the US constitution.給參眾兩院議員們寫信,敦促他們維護美國憲法。◇I sent off a few letters to my senators and representatives.我給參眾兩院議員寄出了幾封信。➤senators on both sides of the aisle (= Democrats and Republicans) (NAmE) 民主、共和兩黨的參議員