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英语俚语习语小对话第333期: "次要地位"英语怎么说? (mp3和文本下载)

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第333期:次要地位

英语情景对话:

A: Lily thinks that the job takes a back seat to the family after she is married.
Lily认为结婚后家庭为先,工作处于次要地位。

B: She must be a good wife.
她一定是一个好妻子。

A: Not necessarily. This is only what she says, not what he does.
那也未必,说归说,做归做。

B: I see.
我明白了。

习语

【地道表达】take a back seat

【解词释义】to become less important than someone or something else 处于次要地位

【语法用法】要以......为主要地位而......为次要地位,在短语的后面加上介词to,即:take a back seat to something。

【支持范例】When the discussion turned to military affairs, the governor had to take a back seat.

当讨论到军事问题时,州长只好靠边站了。

After 30 years in the business it's time for me to take a back seat and make room for younger men.
干了30年,现在我该退居二线,给较年轻的人让位了。

My homework had to take a backseat to football during the playoffs.
在比赛赛季,我必须以足球危险,而学业功课处于次要地位。

Jimmy always took a backseat to his older brother, Bill, until Bill went away to college.
Jimmy总是让着他的哥哥Bill,知道他上大学。
 


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