bench

用作动词的意思：（美国俚语）

1. (球赛时把场上参赛的队员)换下场、罚出场或不让上场

用法及例句：
The coach benched Jim. who injured his aim.教练把胳膊受伤的山姆换下场。

If you don’t stop fouling, I’ll bench you!如果你再犯规,我就把你罚下场。

2.辞退、解雇、开除(某人)

用法及例句：
I worked as a bridge painter for 25 years until they benched me.我干了25年的桥梁油漆工，直到他们辞了我。

The manager benched the entire sales staff for cheating on their expense reports.经理把推销员全部都炒鱿鱼了，因为他们在报销费用的单据上弄虚作假。

英汉词典参考：  bench

分类目录：美国俚语