backbench

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

Translation

n. 后座议员席位
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

backbenchers

后座议员

Example Sentences

The prime minister give in to pressure from the backbencher .

首相向来自后排座议员压力让步。

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

布朗首相昨日对后排议员表示,西方军队在阿富汗现正面临着一种新型的威胁。

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.

据说,下议院为给这只钟命名曾争论不休,本杰明正准备陈述自己的观点,后座的一位议员大声叫道:“就叫它大本吧。”

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