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n. (英国下院的)后座(或普通)议员席; (亦总称)后座(或普通)议员

N-PLURAL （英国下院的）后座（或普通）议员席；（亦总称）后座（或普通）议员
The backbenches are the seats in the British House of Commons where backbenchers sit. The Members of Parliament who sit on the backbenches are also referred to as the backbenches.
1. This issue is creating unrest on the backbenches.
  这一问题引发了后座议员的不满。

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This issue is creating unrest on the backbenches.
这一问题引发了后座议员的不满。
Last week's meeting of the 1922 Committee set the fur flying again on the Tory backbenches
1922年委员会上个星期的会议又一次引发了保守党后座议员激烈的争吵。
Alastair Campbell, Blair's former press chief, says that the then prime minister refused to sack Brown mainly because it would have left him a rampant maverick on the Labour backbenches.
布莱尔的前公共关系主管阿拉斯泰尔·坎贝尔说，时任首相的布莱尔拒绝解雇布朗主要是因为，这会给议会中工党后座议员席带来一个不受管束的自行其是者。
Following his resignation, the former chancellor of the exchequer has returned to the backbenches.
前财政大臣辞职后回到后座议员席。
The prime minister expects strong support from the labour backbenches.
首相希望获得工党后座议员的全力支持。