Bickering in public and on the back benches belies a strikingly businesslike atmosphere in Whitehall.

无论公众面前还是政府内部，双方喋喋不休的争论反而使英国白厅避免了商界般的暗斗。

He spent hours at the back bench, poring over pictures and layout to get that vital impact.

他在板凳上花了几个小时，仔细研究图片和布局，才获得那个重要的影响。

On one of the back benches, remote in the subdued light and the strangeness of the place, sat the villainous whelp, sulky to the last, whom he had the misery to call his son.

在昏暗的灯光和陌生的地方，在一张靠背的长椅上，坐着一个恶毒的小家伙，他生闷气到最后，他痛苦地称他为儿子。