backbench

[US]/'bæk'bentʃ/
[UK]/'bæk,bɛntʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 後方席のための席
Word Forms
複数形backbenches

Phrases & Collocations

backbenchers

後ろの席の議員

Example Sentences

The prime minister give in to pressure from the backbencher .

首相は後方議員からの圧力に屈した。

Gordon Brown warned senior backbench MPs yesterday that western forces were facing a "new type of threat" in Afghanistan.

ゴードン・ブラウンは昨日、上級後方議員に西側の軍がアフガニスタンで「新しいタイプの脅威」に直面していると警告した。

The story goes that during a debate in the Commons on what to call the bell, Sir Benjamin was about to give his ideas when a backbencher shouted, 'Let's call it Big Ben.

話によれば、下院で鐘の名称についての議論の最中、サー・ベンジャミンが自分の考えを述べようとしていたときに、後方議員が「ビッグ・ベンと呼ぼう」と叫んだ。

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