the benchin a law court 在法庭 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
the bench• He was appointed to the bench in 1986.
→ the bench at bench1(1)