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| 1 | C a hard seat for two or more people , usually outside in a public place （通常指户外公共场所的）长凳 |
| a park bench 公园里的长凳 |
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| 2 | C a long table used by someone working with tools 长凳形工作台 |
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| 3 | the bench a place where people in a sports team sit when they are not playing 替补队员席 |
| | 3a | players who are on the bench for a match are substitutes （球员）替补的 | |
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| 4 | benches plural the seats in the British parliament , and in some other parliaments, where the members sitThe people with the most important positions in their party sit on the front benches and the less important members on the back benches （英国议会的）议员席（党内担任最重要职务的人坐front benches；担任较重要职务的人坐back benches） |
| shouts from the Opposition benches 来自反对党议员席的喊叫声 |
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| 5 | the bench the position of being a judge in a court of law 法官（职位） |
| She has recently been appointed to the bench (=work as a judge) . 她最近被任命为法官。 |
| | 5a | the place where the judge sits in a court of law 法官席 | | The judge told the defence lawyer to approach the bench. 法官叫辩护律师走近法官席。 | |
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