The residents here voted overwhelmingly for Democratic candidates in the presidential and senatorial elections last year.

在去年的总统和参议院选举中，这里的居民以压倒性多数投票给了民主党候选人。

The only drawback to being a member of the noble or senatorial class was that senators were expected to be above having business interests.

作为贵族或者元老院阶级的一员的唯一缺点是元老不应有商业利益。

He bitterly complained that it had made him a bore — of all things the most senatorial, and to him the most obnoxious.

他痛苦地抱怨说， 这让他感到厌烦——在所有事情中， 参议员最讨厌， 对他来说也是最令人讨厌的。

On the other side were the Senatorial optimates, allied with the assassins of Caesar or the so-called republicans, led by the silver-tongued old statesman Cicero.

另一方是元老院元老和凯撒的刺杀者组成的联盟。凯撒刺杀者就是所谓的共和制拥护者，这一派由雄辩的资深政治家西塞罗领导。

For its part, the Senatorial optimates chose one of the consuls for eighty seven BC, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, a patrician and once Marius's trusted lieutenant.

而元老院选择了卢修斯·科尼利厄斯·苏拉，公元前87年的执政官之一，苏拉出身贵族，曾是马略的心腹中尉。

He  came from an undistinguished equestrian family, equestrian referring to the class of Roman society  that ranked below senatorial in the Roman social hierarchy.

他出身于一个不起眼的马术世家，马术指的是罗马社会中在罗马社会等级制度中地位低于元老的阶层。

Coming as he did from the senatorial class, it was natural that Caesar would serve in both the army and the Senate, which he did.

凯撒出身于元老院，很自然地会在军队和元老院任职，他也确实这样做了。

Some also blame an unwritten rule of senatorial courtesy, which allows senators to block nominees who live in their home county from being considered, without giving a reason.

一些人还指责参议院礼节的不成文规则，该规则允许参议员在没有给出理由的情况下，阻止居住在自己所在县的候选人被提名。

The erosion of the Republic arguably saw its  first violent manifestation in the deaths of the Gracci brothers by their Senatorial  opponents in 133 and 121 BC.

公元前 133 年和公元前 121 年，格拉奇兄弟被元老院对手杀害，这可以说是共和国受到侵蚀的第一次暴力表现。

No matter what one might think of his politics or temper, Mr. Chase was a dramatic figure, of high senatorial rank, if also of certain senatorial faults; a valuable ally.

不管人们对他的政见或脾气有何看法，蔡斯先生都是一个戏剧性的人物，拥有很高的参议员级别，如果也有某些参议员的错误的话；一个有价值的盟友。