backbench

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

Translation

n. 後座議員席位
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

backbenchers

後座議員

Example Sentences

The prime minister give in to pressure from the backbencher .

首相向來自後排座議員壓力讓步。

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

布朗首相昨日對後排議員表示,西方軍隊在阿富汗現正面臨着一種新型的威脅。

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.

據說,下議院爲給這隻鍾命名曾爭論不休,本傑明正準備陳述自己的觀點,後座的一位議員大聲叫道:“就叫它大本吧。”

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