backbencher

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature.
  2. A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom.
    — Classmates naturally turn to look at the backbencher, who must acknowledge his presence, with some embarrassment.
  3. A member of a team who does not usually play, but who is held in reserve.
    — During 1994, the national team players were away for a game in January and again during the season-ending league championship tournament in April. The “backbenchers” won all these games.
  4. Someone who does not play an active role in a process. broadly
    — As we stated in previous chapters, counselors and other student support personnel have been backbenchers in the ongoing drama of school reform.

词形变化

backbenchers plural back-bencher alternative

词汇关系

并列词
frontbencher

词源

Etymology tree
English backbench
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English backbencher
From backbench + -er.
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