the bench, weigh on sb/sth.Spain Looks to Grant Residency to Nearly 1 Million Undocumented Migrants

Spain Looks to Grant Residency to Nearly 1 Million Undocumented Migrants

New rules could give legal status — and work permits — to about 300,000 people a year over the next three years to address gaps in Spain’s labor market.

The Dow industrials and S&P 500 stayed close to their starting levels as bank stocks rose after better-than-feared results from Citigroup. But the Nasdaq fell as Microsoft and Google earnings disappointed, weighing on tech stocks.

deep bench

Google shows off its bench

This is actually a very good thing. A large, growing company wants to show that it has a deep bench and sending five speakers to OSCON helps show off the company’s open source commitment.

...Despite the trappings of democracy, like elections for public company directors, the best American businesses remain kingdoms. Your bench can be as deep as you want, but you still need a star to win the game.

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On the White House

Comings and Goings for Old Faces

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG 44 minutes ago

With just six months left in the Bush presidency, the White House is looking more and more like a baseball team reaching deep into its bench. Above, the president handing his dog to assistant Blake Gottesman in 2004.

北约峰会结束－格鲁吉亚和乌克兰继续坐板凳
对于格鲁吉亚和乌克兰来说，布加勒斯特北约峰会本来应当成为他们加入北约的重要里程碑。然而至少就目前看来，这一期望无疑是落空了。北约内部反对尽快将这两个俄罗斯邻国纳入北约的呼声显然是占了上风。尽管美国总统布什极力发挥政治影响力也未能扭转局面。


bench

1. Sports.
   1. The place where the players on a team sit when not participating in a game.
   2. The reserve players on a team.

How many players sit on the bench? ...

 sit [be] on the bench　裁判官をつとめる; （補欠選手として）待機する.



the bench
1 a seat or area of seats where players sit during a game when they are not playing:
He was injured, and spent the last few weeks of the season on the bench.

2 the judge or magistrate, or the place where they sit, in a court of law:
Kindly address your remarks to the bench, Mr Smith.serve/sit/be on the bench
to work as a judge or magistrate

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

bench

  

━━ n. ベンチ; 仕事台; 判事席; 裁判所; ((集合的；単複両扱い)) 判事連, 裁判官; 〔英〕 議席; （犬の）陳列台; （ボートの）こぎ手の座; （川岸などの）段丘; 【野】ベンチ; ((集合的)) 控え選手, 補欠.
 be raised to the bench　判事［聖公会監督］に任ぜられる.
 bench and bar　裁判官と弁護士.
 sit [be] on the bench　裁判官をつとめる; （補欠選手として）待機する.
━━ vt. 着席させる; 〔米〕 （選手を）退かす.
━━ vi. 着席する.
 bench・er　━━ n. ベンチに掛ける人; 〔英〕 法学院(the Inns of Court)の幹部.
 bench mark　（高低測量の）水準点; （一般に）基準; 【コンピュータ】ベンチマーク ((コンピュータ性能などの比較評価基準)).
bench・marking　n. 【コンピュータ】ベンチマーク試験.
benchmark problem　【コンピュータ】ベンチマーク問題 ((コンピュータの性能を判定するために作られた特別な問題)).
benchmark test　【コンピュータ】ベンチマーク・テスト ((コンピュータの性能評価のために行われるテスト)).
 bench press　ベンチ・プレス ((ベンチに仰向けになったままバーベルなどを押し上げる運動)).
bench-press　vt.
 bench seat　ベンチシート ((車の幅いっぱいの座席)).
 bench warmer　〔米〕 【スポーツ】控えの選手.
 bench warrant　【法】逮捕令状.

weigh on sb/sth phrasal verb
If a problem or responsibility weighs on you, it makes you worried or unhappy:
He's under huge pressure at work and it's really weighing on him.
She knew she had treated him badly and it weighed heavily on her mind for a long time.