back burner

英 [ˌbæk ˈbɜːnə(r)]

美 [ˌbæk ˈbɜːrnər]

网络  次要地位; 搁置; 从属地位

英英释义

noun

• reduced priority
  1. dozens of cases were put on the back burner

双语例句

• The whole project has been put on the back burner.
  整顿工程已久置于不优先地位。
• It helped him get a job at Goldman in a few months, so he put the project on the back burner.
  几个月后，他在Goldman公司得到了一份工作，因而他把这个项目放在次要地位。
• Many speculated that the US would put the peace process on the back burner
  很多人推测美国将会暂时搁置和平进程。
• 36. Always put your own needs on the back burner.
  36.永远把自己的需求放在最后一位。
• Is putting your stuff on the back burner.
  没有优先做你的事情。
• Stop putting your own needs on the back burner.
  不要把自己的需求置之脑后。
• Interviewer: I've read that you put your career on the back burner and allowed his career to be more impoetant to you than your own.
  记者：我听闻你曾把自己的事业放在次要的地位，而让他的事业比你自己的更重视。
• Put financial speculation with family members or friends on the back burner for now.
  暂时停止你与家人或朋友的金融投机活动。
• Both sides need to put this dispute on the back burner where it belongs.
  中日双方都应将这场争端束之高阁，那里才是它该待的地方。
• She says she has put all her other projects on the back burner for a while until she finishes writing her new novel.
  她说，在她的新长篇小说脱稿之前，她把其他的一切事情都束之高阁了。