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    The state of having worked somewhere longer, or holding a higher rank, than others, and the special treatment or respect that can come with that. In a workplace, 'seniority' often decides things like who gets picked first for a schedule or a promotion, or who keeps their job during cuts - 'by seniority' means 'by how long each person has worked there.'

    資歷;年資

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組成senior + ity. 'Senior' means 'older' or 'higher-ranking,' and '-ity' turns it into a word for the state or quality of being senior.

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  • seniorthe base word this comes from

原始詞典資料1 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。

senioritynoun/siːnɪˈɒɹɪti/

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    A measure of the amount of time a person has been a member of an organization, as compared to other members, and with an eye towards awarding privileges to those who have been members longer.

    • It's an old-fashioned company, with parking spaces and other perks doled out on the basis of seniority.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。