backbench

英

美

adj.  后座(议员)的; 普通(议员)的

复数：backbenches　

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柯林斯词典

• ADJ 后座（议员）的;普通（议员）的
  AbackbenchMP is a Member of Parliament who is not a minister and who does not hold an official position in his or her political party.
  1. ...the Conservative backbench MP Sir Teddy Taylor...
     保守党下院普通议员泰迪·泰勒爵士
  2. Such a motion is considered a test of backbench opinion.
     这样的动议被视为对后座议员立场的考验。

英英释义

noun

• any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons

双语例句

• Will she follow her predecessor into the backbench wilderness?
  她会不会像她的前任那样下台当后座议员？
• The wisdom of the retired generals and backbench MPs conjoins
  退役将军和后座议员的智慧结合在一起。
• She has successfully led a rebel backbench campaign against the government's eductaion bill.
  她成功地领导了持反对意见的后座议员反对政府教育法案的运动。
• The revelations have shown senior ministers and backbench politicians alike milking the system to their maximum advantage even if the claims all fall within the Commons rules.
  此次曝出的情况表明，尽管这些报销均符合英国国会下院的规定，但上至政府大臣、下至普通议员，都在从体制内榨取好处，使自身利益最大化。
• It appears that the long-term interests of the British people have been sacrificed to the short-term interest of satisfying 80-odd backbench Tory Eurosceptics who had threatened to rebel.
  这件事似乎是，为了满足某种短期利益（安抚80多名对欧洲持怀疑态度、威胁倒戈的保守党后座议员），而牺牲了英国人民的长期利益。
• Unless there is a surprise backbench revolt, the proposal is likely to be accepted.
  除非后座议员出其不意地反对，这项建议很可能就此被接受。
• Morale was low and several backbench revolts had occurred.
  士气低落，后座议员中已经有几人倒戈。
• The bill got the support of several labour backbench hips.
  该法案得到数位工党后座议员的支持。
• Such a motion is considered a test of backbench opinion.
  这样的动议被视为对后座议员立场的考验。
• The Prime Minister has caved in to backbench pressure
  首相迫于后座议员们的压力让步了。