| 词汇 | front-bench |
| 释义 | front bench noun[ C ] uk /ˌfrʌnt ˈbentʃ/ us /ˌfrʌnt ˈbentʃ/ one of the two rows of seats in the UK parliament used by leading members of the government and leading members of the main opposition party (= the party not in government), or the people who sit in these seats: （英国议会中供执政党和反对党领导人就座的）前座;前座议员 The prime minister's reply was met with howls of laughter from the opposition front bench.首相的回答引起了反对党前座议员的阵阵哄笑。 a former front-bench Treasury spokeswoman前财政部前座议员发言人 Compare backbench Jeff Overs/BBC News & Current Affairs/GettyImages UK politics: government administration & organization apex awkward backbench Brexit 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 front benchfront bench May we have an answer from his frontbench tonight? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Moroney took over the education portfolio, with specific responsibility for primary and secondary schooling, and joined the party's frontbench. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Are we going to hear his voice lifted up in protest against the action of his sorely-pressed and much attacked frontbench? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If there are any conspirators at work in this matter, they are sitting on the frontbench opposite. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the case with your frontbench. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sorry that my own frontbench should get cheap and shoddy in its opinions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The board of directors on the frontbench have been obliged by the calendar to put something in print. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want to exonerate our frontbench in regard to this matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The frontbench case has been an apologetic case—it is a very little one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Whatever ruffianly conduct may be attributed to the back benchers, our frontbench can be exonerated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Again you see the prospective influence of a purge always waiting in the background ready to drop on the frontbench. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would at once have brought together the frontbench and the back benches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have been assured from the frontbench that the paying of the one-third contribution in no way affects the amount of compensation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have approached it very tentatively, and from time to time we have heard speeches on the subject from the frontbench. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He very often desires to add not merely criticism but constructive effort in regard to what is being done by his frontbench. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of front bench 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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