英语词汇“back bench”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

back bench

释义

back bench
[back- A. 4.]
Any one of the benches in the House of Commons or similar assembly occupied by members who are not entitled to a seat on the front benches on either side. Usu. attrib. (with hyphen). Hence ˌback-ˈbencher, a member who occupies a seat on the back benches on either side of the house.
1874Gentl. Mag. XII. 334 During the debate on the Education Act Amendment Bill Mr. Osborne found himself sitting on a back bench below the gangway, and rose thence to address the House.1885Eng. Illustr. Mag. Dec. 195/1 He affects the Liberal side, sometimes presenting himself from a back bench in the rear of the bishops.1905Daily Chron. 13 July 6/1 Back-bench Members on the Ministerial side of the House.1910Busy Man's Mag. Dec. 60 Some of the best men in Parliament are back-benchers.1923Daily Mail 23 May 6 Mr. Baldwin filled the modest rôle of a back-bencher in the House for many years.1928Daily Tel. 13 Mar. 9/3 The situation was obviously developing into general back-bench communal bickering.1940Ann. Reg. 1939 9 A man comparatively unknown to Parliament—..a ‘back-bencher’.1959Economist 3 July 19/2 The foolish notion that a back-bencher's life need be a useless one.

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