| 词汇 | backbencher |
| 释义 | backbencher noun[ C ] uk /ˌbækˈben.tʃər/ us /ˌbækˈben.tʃɚ/ backbenchernoun[C] (MP)a member of the UK parliament who does not have any official position in the government or in one of the opposing parties: （英国议会的）普通议员，后座议员 The advantage of being a backbencher is that you can speak your mind.当后座议员的好处是可以畅所欲言。 Compare frontbencher Government ministers & civil servants aide am attorney general cabinet cabinet minister Foreign Secretary functionary government Home Secretary interministerial private member private secretary Privy Councillor procurator public servant syndic town clerk undersecretary vizier Whitehall backbenchernoun[C] (STUDENT)Indian English(alsoback-bencher) a student who does not work hard or is not successful懒散的学生；成绩不好的学生 Failing and doing badly abjectly at-risk balls (something) up be on your beam endsidiom be running on emptyidiom blow (someone/something) up bomb egg flog a dead horseidiom flop flub flunk out founder fray around/at the edgesidiom mess running on emptyidiom sclerotic screw screw (something) up sign someone's death warrant Examples of backbencherbackbencher The effort was to find a compromise formula that would be palatable to the backbenchers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They sneaked it in because they knew that they were under pressure from their backbenchers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are still some backbenchers left who have important matters to raise and whose constituents expect them to raise them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If all those offered the prospect of office in the near future were to receive it, there would be no backbenchers left. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our work, as ordinary backbenchers, may be richly rewarded, but it is certainly one of the worst paid of the high vocations in the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The motion refers to "inhibiting the rights of backbenchers". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot accept that if the statement had been made earlier in the day, inconvenience to backbenchers would have been avoided. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Today, we have had taken away one hour of the time that backbenchers should have had to discuss a very important matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that the influence of backbenchers has been growing over the past few years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They dare not tell their backbenchers the truth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A number of backbenchers still wish to speak in this debate, on which there is no time limit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All it does is to pinch six or seven minutes from the precious time of backbenchers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was one of the very few backbenchers who supported that tax at the time of its inception. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You have shown clearly your attachment to the rights and the problems of backbenchers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have, as backbenchers, shed far too much of our power. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of backbencher 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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