take a back seat to

基本解釋

• 位於……之後
• 退居次要地位

英漢例句

雙語例句

• You can be totally rational with a machine. But, if you work with people, sometimes logic has to take a back seat to understanding.
  你與機器打交道時完全可以保持理性，但如果你與人打交道，有時邏輯需要讓位與理解。
• If you're in a race to get your application developed and deployed, long-term maintainability can take a back seat to getting something to work.
  如果在應用程序開發(fā)和部署方麪存在競爭，那麼長期可維護性可能被放在比較次要的地位。
• In that case President Obama's evident desire for America to take a back seat may well be thwarted.
  這樣的話，即使奧巴馬縂統(tǒng)明顯衹想讓美國退居幕後，到時候也無法置身事外了。

原聲例句

• Republicans would need a 40-seat gain in November to take back majority control in the U.S.House of Representatives.

權(quán)威例句

• In research reports, GAAP results often take a back seat to pro forma results.
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• In the basketball teams that fly charter, bosses take a back seat to the workers--literally.
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• Unfortunately, physics, economics and entrepreneurship take a back seat to our legalistic, third-party payment system.
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