"warm the bench" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 坐冷板凳
• 不上場

Definition

在體育比賽中以替補身份坐在場邊而未能上場。也可以指在團隊或組織中沒有積極角色的人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

非正式體育用語，多見於團隊運動。引申比喻不被積極參與某團體。一般帶有負面含義。

Examples

He had to warm the bench during the whole game.

他整場比賽都在**坐冷板凳**。

If you don’t practice hard, you will warm the bench next match.

如果你不努力訓練，下場比賽你會**坐冷板凳**。

She doesn’t like to warm the bench; she wants to play.

她不喜歡**坐冷板凳**，她想上場。

It’s tough to keep warming the bench when you know you’re ready to play.

明明自己已經準備好了，卻一直**坐冷板凳**，真的很難受。

After the coach changed, I didn’t have to warm the bench anymore.

換了教練後，我不再需要**坐冷板凳**了。

He felt like he was just warming the bench at his new job too.

他覺得在新工作裡也像是在**坐冷板凳**。