单词 | take a back seat |
释义 | take a back seat to become less important (than something else): Agriculture, which generates only about $50 million a year in revenue, takes a back seat to other industries like oil and gas that bring in billions of dollars. Environmental issues take a back seat in tough economic times. to let other people have a more active and responsible position than you in an organization or activity: After appointing a new chief executive, the chairman of the fashion chain is finally taking a back seat at the business he founded. extracted from: back |
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