年紀較長的
從「更靠前」的另一條分支：不是地位高，而是年歲多——在人生這條隊伍裡走得更前面。
an older person · noun · B2
An older person, especially one who has stopped working because of their age (especially American English).
年長者 / 長輩
核心畫面
You can picture someone standing further up the line — older, or higher in rank — and so ahead of the others below them. The single thread is 'further along / above': more years, or a more advanced position.
可以想成一個站在隊伍更前面的人：年紀更大，或地位更高，所以排在下面那些人之前。貫穿 senior 的那條線就是「更靠…更多收起
可以想成一個站在隊伍更前面的人：年紀更大，或地位更高，所以排在下面那些人之前。貫穿 senior 的那條線就是「更靠前、更上面」——不是年歲更長，就是位置更高階。From the picture
畢業班學生
還是「更靠前」，但落在求學的進程上：在學校的年級隊伍裡走到了最前、最後一年的學生。
final-year student · noun · B2
In an American high school or college, a student in their final year.
畢業班學生
Also in this word
higher rank · adjective · B2
Having a higher position, level, or rank than other people in a group or organization.
資深的 / 高階的
senior (sport, adult level) · adjective · B2
Used about a sport or contest that is for older people or for people at a more advanced level.
成人組的 / 高級別的
a senior (sports player) · noun · B2
A sports player who is at the adult or more advanced level.
成人組選手
原始詞典資料12 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。
Seniorname
- 1
A surname.
senioradj/ˈsiːnjə(ɹ)/
- 1
Older.
- senior citizen
- 2
Higher in rank, dignity, or office; superior.
- senior member; senior counsel
- 3
Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
- 4
hobbieslifestylesportsOf or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players above a certain age or level of experience.
- senior hockey
- 5
card-gamesgamesSynonym of elder.
- It is unusual for the senior hand to leave even one of the five cards to which he is entitled. It indicated an unusually strong hand.
seniornoun/ˈsiːnjə(ɹ)/
- 1
An old person.
- Grave and reverend seniors seemed to have caught the prevailing spirit as badly as the students, and I saw white-bearded men rising and shaking their fists at the obdurate Professor.
- 2
Someone older than someone else (with possessive).
- He was four years her senior.
- 3
Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.
- 4
obsoletebiblicallifestylereligionAn elder or presbyter in the early Church.
- Then Peter full of the holy gooſt ſayd vnto them. Ye ruelars of the people / and ſeniours of iſrahel[…].
- 5
Somebody who is higher in rank, dignity, or office.
- 6
A final-year student at a high school or university; a finalist.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。