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

• If you're nervous about giving a presentation that you've been preparing for days, tell yourself to set those fears on the back burner for20 minutes to two hours.
  如果你为准备了几天的演讲而担心，告诉自己让这些恐惧推迟20分钟或2小时。
• Stop putting your own needs on the back burner.
  不要把自己的需求置之脑后。
• I'm afraid that means we'll have to put our plans to buy a bigger house on the back burner until next year.
  所以我们想买栋大房子的计划恐怕不得不等到明年再说了。
• She goes on the back burner.
  她靠近了你这个幕后黑手。
• 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。
• The whole project has been put on the back burner.
  整顿工程已久置于不优先地位。
• You should put that project on the back burner.
  这个工程你应该先放一边。
• For 10 years she has looked after her three children with her career very much on the back burner.
  十年来她一直都在照顾自己的三个孩子，基本上把事业搁在了一边。
• Too often, exercise and healthy habits get put on the back burner when you are busy.
  因为工作忙碌，所以锻炼和健康习惯总是被搁置，相信这你已经经历过很多次了。
• Let's put that one on the back burner and get back to it later.
  我们暂时把这个问题搁一搁，以后再谈吧。