front bench
柯林斯詞典
1. N the foremost bench of either the Government or Opposition in the House of Commons (下議院的)前排座蓆
2. N the leadership (frontbenchers) of either group, who occupy this bench 前座議員
3. N (as modifier) 前座議員的
a front-bench decision
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front bench
劍橋詞典
- one of the two rows of seats in the UK parliament used by leading members of the government and leading members of the main opposition party (= the party not in government ), or the people who sit in these seats
（英國(guó)議會(huì)中供執(zhí)政黨和反對(duì)黨領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人就座的）前座；前座議員
The prime minister's reply was met with howls of laughter from the opposition front bench . 首相的廻答引起了反對(duì)黨前座議員的陣陣哄笑。
a former front-bench Treasury spokeswoman 前財(cái)政部前座議員發(fā)言人
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