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单词 backbencher
释义
backbencher
noun[C]
uk
/ˌbækˈben.tʃər/us
/ˌbækˈben.tʃɚ/

backbenchernoun[C](MP)

amemberof the UKparliamentwho does not have anyofficialpositionin thegovernmentor in one of theopposingparties:
（英国议会的）普通议员，后座议员
Theadvantageof being a backbencher is that you canspeakyourmind.当后座议员的好处是可以畅所欲言。
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backbenchernoun[C](STUDENT)

Indian English(alsoback-bencher)
astudentwho does notworkhard or is notsuccessful
懒散的学生；成绩不好的学生
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  • be running on emptyidiom
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  • bomb
  • collapse
  • fight a losing battleidiom
  • flog
  • flog a dead horseidiom
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  • flub
  • founder
  • rot
  • running on emptyidiom
  • sclerotic
  • screw
  • smoke
  • the rot sets inidiom
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(Definition ofbackbencherfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbackbencher

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The effort was to find a compromise formula that would be palatable to the backbenchers.
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They sneaked it in because they knew that they were under pressure from their backbenchers.
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There are still some backbenchers left who have important matters to raise and whose constituents expect them to raise them.
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If all those offered the prospect of office in the near future were to receive it, there would be no backbenchers left.
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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.
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The motion refers to "inhibiting the rights of backbenchers".
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I cannot accept that if the statement had been made earlier in the day, inconvenience to backbenchers would have been avoided.
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Today, we have had taken away one hour of the time that backbenchers should have had to discuss a very important matter.
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I believe that the influence of backbenchers has been growing over the past few years.
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They dare not tell their backbenchers the truth.
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A number of backbenchers still wish to speak in this debate, on which there is no time limit.
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All it does is to pinch six or seven minutes from the precious time of backbenchers.
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I was one of the very few backbenchers who supported that tax at the time of its inception.
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You have shown clearly your attachment to the rights and the problems of backbenchers.
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We have, as backbenchers, shed far too much of our power.
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