1.后座议员
1.a junior member of the lower house of a legislative assembly who is not a government minister or an official Opposition spokesperson
2.an ordinary member of the British Parliament who does not have a senior position
1.When still a backbencher, he already distinguished himself in the Commons and was seen as a bright young man.
当他还是后座议员时,这位聪明的年轻人已经在下议院中脱颖而出。
2.Just one backbencher, Greg Mulholland, told Mr Cable that he would stick to his earlier pledge to vote against any rise in fees.
一位后座议员GregMulholland告诉凯布尔先生,说他仍会坚持早期的承诺,对于任何涨学费的议案都投反对票。
3.William Hague, then a backbencher and now the shadow foreign secretary, was especially bellicose.
那时还是个在众议院后排随大流的小角色的Hague,现在已经是影子外务大臣,尤其好战。
4.It seem that each time a Japanese backbencher MP visits a shrine, relations goes sour. Stupid.
每次日本议员参拜神社,两国关系就会变冷。
5.The backbencher exhorted his colleagues to vote against the motionto censure him for his prolonged absences from the House
一位后座议员力劝同僚投票反对谴责他长期不出席国会的动议案