柯林斯詞典front bench 1. N the foremost bench of either the Government or Opposition in the House of Commons (下議院的)前排座席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 返回 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 （英國議會中供執(zhí)政黨和反對黨領(lǐng)導人就座的）前座；前座議員 The prime minister's reply was met with howls of laughter from the opposition front bench . 首相的回答引起了反對黨前座議員的陣陣哄笑。 a former front-bench Treasury spokeswoman 前財政部前座議員發(fā)言人 比較backbench 返回 front bench