backbench是什么意思？

backbench

英['bækbentʃ] 美['bækbentʃ]

• n. 后座议员席位；

例句

• The Prime Minister has caved in to backbench pressure. 首相迫于后座议员们的压力让步了。
• The wisdom of the retired generals and backbench MPs conjoins. 退役将军和后座议员的智慧结合在一起。
• Such a motion is considered a test of backbench opinion. 这样的动议被视为对后座议员立场的考验。
• ...the Conservative backbench MP Sir Teddy Taylor... 保守党下院普通议员泰迪·泰勒爵士
• The wisdom of the retired generals and backbench MPs conjoins... 退役将军和后座议员的智慧结合在一起。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  后座（议员）的;普通（议员）的
  A backbench MP is a Member of Parliament who is not a minister and who does not hold an official position in his or her political party.
  例句
  ...the Conservative backbench MP Sir Teddy Taylor... 保守党下院普通议员泰迪·泰勒爵士 Such a motion is considered a test of backbench opinion. 这样的动议被视为对后座议员立场的考验。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons