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单词 front bench
释义
front bench
noun[C]
uk
/ˌfrʌnt ˈbentʃ/us
/ˌfrʌnt ˈbentʃ/
one of the tworowsofseatsin the UKparliamentused byleadingmembersof thegovernmentandleadingmembersof themainoppositionparty(= thepartynot ingovernment), or thepeoplewhositin theseseats:
（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
Theprimeminister'sreplywasmetwithhowlsoflaughterfrom theoppositionfrontbench.首相的回答引起了反对党前座议员的阵阵哄笑。
aformerfront-bench Treasuryspokeswoman前财政部前座议员发言人
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(Definition offront benchfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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May we have an answer from hisfrontbenchtonight?
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Moroney took over the education portfolio, with specific responsibility for primary and secondary schooling, and joined the party'sfrontbench.
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Are we going to hear his voice lifted up in protest against the action of his sorely-pressed and much attackedfrontbench?
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If there are any conspirators at work in this matter, they are sitting on thefrontbenchopposite.
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It is the case with yourfrontbench.
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I am sorry that my ownfrontbenchshould get cheap and shoddy in its opinions.
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The board of directors on thefrontbenchhave been obliged by the calendar to put something in print.
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I want to exonerate ourfrontbenchin regard to this matter.
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Thefrontbenchcase has been an apologetic case—it is a very little one.
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Whatever ruffianly conduct may be attributed to the back benchers, ourfrontbenchcan be exonerated.
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Again you see the prospective influence of a purge always waiting in the background ready to drop on thefrontbench.
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It would at once have brought together thefrontbenchand the back benches.
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We have been assured from thefrontbenchthat the paying of the one-third contribution in no way affects the amount of compensation.
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They have approached it very tentatively, and from time to time we have heard speeches on the subject from thefrontbench.
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He very often desires to add not merely criticism but constructive effort in regard to what is being done by hisfrontbench.
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