bench

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bench1 /bentʃ/ S2 W3 noun

SEAToutdoor seat 户外座椅 [countableC]TBD a long seat for two or more people, especially outdoors 〔尤指户外的〕长凳，长椅

We sat on a park bench.

我们坐在公园的长椅上。

2 in a law court 在法庭the bench SCT

a) the seat where a judge or magistrate sits in a court of law 法官席

Would the prisoner please approach the bench?

请犯人走近法官席好吗？

b) SCTthe position of being a judge or magistrate in a court of law 法官职位

He was appointed to the bench last year.

他去年被任命为法官。

sit/serve on the bench (=work as a judge or magistrate) 担任法官

Examples from the Corpus

the bench• He was appointed to the bench in 1986.

3 sports 体育the bench DSthe seat where members of a sports team sit when they are not playing in the game 替补队员席

Batts and Dorigo are on the bench tonight.

今晚巴茨和多利哥是替补队员。

Simpson came off the bench to play in midfield.

辛普森离开替补席上场打中场。

Examples from the Corpus

on the bench• Jamie Pollock will be on the bench with the striker who does not have a starting role.• We managed to win, even with Brian on the bench.• I sat down on the bench and leaned back against the wall.• The Derry reserve goalkeeper concedes that he has become something of a fixture on the bench but is uncomplaining.• A glowing young man has seated himself on the bench.• All eight justices on the bench for oral arguments had been picked up from their homes by court employees.• A boy of sixteen, Charles sat on the bench by the window.• She came to Oregon but was sure she would spend the next four years warming a spot on the bench.• Then he put his feet up on the bench and snored for ten minutes.

4 parliament 议会benches [plural] British EnglishBrEPGP the seats in the British parliament where members of a particular party sit 议员席

There was cheering from the Conservative benches.

保守党的议员席那边响起了欢呼声。

→ backbench , backbenches , front bench

5 TABLEtable 桌子 [countableC]TICWORK/DO WORK a long heavy table used for working on with tools or equipment 长形工作台

a carpenter’s bench

木工工作台

Examples from the Corpus

bench• Across the hall from us is another bench, and it leads to that metal door.• a team with a strong bench• Who can contribute from the bench?• Ranulf sat slumped in the bench beside him, groaning and muttering at his master.• In some areas they were able to further the cause of reform through their positions on the bench of justices.• He pulled himself up, half-sitting on the bench that he had grabbed.• The congregation shifted on their benches, moved their feet.• We crossed Main Street and went into a little park, sat on a wooden bench under a huge scraggly tree.• a long wooden bench

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