英汉词典

1.The Tories haplessly failed to win two parliamentary by-elections; some of their donors and a few backbench MPs began to mutiny, and Mr Brown readied his party for another, early, election.

不幸的是，托利党还是没有赢得两次议会的补选；一些捐款人和后座议员开始反抗，但是布朗的党派已经准备进行第二场提前选举。

2.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。

3.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。

4.He cultivates backbench MPs and activists assiduously.

他不辞辛劳地培养下院议员和其他活动分子。

5.The motion was defeated, but, astonishingly, almost half of David Cameron's backbench MPs defied his call for them to vote against it.

这项动议最后未获通过，但让人感到惊讶的是，将近一半的卡梅伦后座议员们没有遵从他的倡议去投反对票。

6.They also have a free vote on a number of backbench amendments to tighten the law on abortion.

他们同样也对一些加强流产控制法的补充议案自由投票。

7.In July 2009 David Davis, a backbench Conservative MP, used parliamentary privilege to air Mr Ahmed's case; he received no response from ministers, who said the case was sub judice.

2009年7月，下院保守党后座议员大卫·戴维斯利用议会特权公开了艾哈迈德的案子，但是首相认为这起案子仍在审理中，并没有给与回应。