"senior" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 資深的
• 年長的
• 高年級學生

Definition

用於指年齡更大、級別更高或經驗更多的人，也可指高中或大學最後一年的學生。具體意思要看語境。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這個詞在職場中很常見：'senior manager'、'senior role'、'senior engineer'通常表示級別更高或經驗更多，不一定表示年齡更大。表示年齡時，日常英語裡更常說'older than'；'senior to'較正式。在美國，'a senior'也可指最後一年的學生。

Examples

My senior at work helped me learn the job.

公司裡一位比我更**資深**的同事幫我熟悉了這份工作。

She is a senior engineer on our team.

她是我們團隊的**資深**工程師。

His sister is a senior in college.

他姐姐是大學**高年級學生**。

I thought he was the senior person in the meeting, but he was actually the newest hire.

我原以為他是會議裡最**資深**的人，結果他其實是最新入職的。

That decision has to go through senior management first.

那個決定得先經過**高層**管理批准。

Back when I was a senior, I had no idea what I wanted to do after graduation.

我上**高年級**的時候，完全不知道畢業後想做什麼。