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。