backbencher
英[bæk'bentʃə(r)]
美[,bæk'bɛntʃɚ]
- n. 后座议员；普通议员
词态变化
复数: backbenchers;
英文词源
- backbencher (n.)
- 1874 in the House of Commons sense, from back (adj.) + bench (n.); occupants of the rear seats being the least-prominent politicians.
双语例句
- 1. "This tax is a disaster waiting to happen," said an angry Tory backbencher.
- “这项税收将为日后埋下祸根，”一位愤怒的保守党后座议员说道。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The prime minister give in to pressure from the backbencher.
- 首相向来自后排座议员压力让步.
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- 3. When still a backbencher, he already distinguished himself in the Commons andas a bright young man.
- 当他还是后座议员时,这位聪明的年轻人已经在下议院中脱颖而出.他在自传中讲到, 没有勤奋就不可能有聪明.
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