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

• She decided to attend Harvard, where she would study political theory and put her acting career on the back burner.
  她决定到哈佛攻读政治理论，暂时放下她的演艺事业。
• You should put that project on the back burner.
  这个工程你应该先放一边。
• Plans for a new sports complex have been put on the back burner.
  修建一座体育馆的计划不得不延后。
• 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。
• She goes on the back burner.
  她靠近了你这个幕后黑手。
• Analysts also say that, in the past year, economic issues have been put on the back burner as the government focuses its energies on fighting allegations of huge official corruption.
  分析人士也指出，过去一年，经济问题已被置于脑后，印度政府专注于应对官员腐败问题。
• 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。
• The whole project has been put on the back burner.
  整顿工程已久置于不优先地位。
• With unwritten cultural rules like that, she said, it's no wonder marriage gets put on the back burner.
  在这不成文的文化规则下，她说，难怪婚姻被搁置。
• 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。