| 词汇 | backbench |
| 释义 | backbench noun[ Cusually plural ] uk /ˌbækˈbentʃ/ us /ˌbækˈbentʃ/ (the seats used by) members of the British Parliament who do not have official positions in the government or in an opposing political party: （英国议会的）普通议员席，后座议员席 The prime minister expects strong support from the Labour backbenches.首相希望得到工党后座议员的强有力支持。 a backbench revolt后座议员的一次反抗 Compare front bench UK politics: government administration & organization apex awkward Brexit collectivization hung parliament lord parliamentary partition partitionist PMQs policy-maker quasi-public reprivatization reprivatize reshuffle soviet the awkward gangidiom the House of Commons the House of Lords the Houses of Parliament Examples of backbenchbackbench The surge in backbench dissent could, for example, be the result of actions by both demoted incumbents and poorly socialized neophytes. Phosa's transition to the national backbench left him as chair of the provincial party for a period, but later that year he announced his retirement from politics. There is very much of a backbench interest in this question which must be preserved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Turning to the developments more deliberately planned, since 1966 we have greatly extended the opportunities for backbench participation with the new specialist committee experiment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has made it easy to begin the backbench debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not sure that we have heard more than one backbench member so far who could really tell us about the coal situation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that backbench opinion would be listened to. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This debate has seen an extraordinary backbench revolt. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are continuing till then simply as an obeisance to some of their backbench supporters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is, of course, perfectly fair to hoist anyone who has left the backbench for the front bench on the petard of his previous speeches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I compliment those backbench speakers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This will streamline the decision-making process to make for more efficient governance, but at the same time strengthen accountability by freeing up backbench councillors to challenge the executive more openly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It provides also greater power both to the overview and scrutiny committees than accrues at present to backbench councillors and to the press and the public as a whole. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For the next four years, she served as a backbench government member. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He remained on the backbench for his entire political career. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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