take a back seat to

常見例句

You can be totally rational with a machine. But, if you work with people, sometimes logic has to take a back seat to understanding.
你與機(jī)器打交道時(shí)完全可以保持理性，但如果你與人打交道，有時(shí)邏輯需要讓位與理解。
If you're in a race to get your application developed and deployed, long-term maintainability can take a back seat to getting something to work.
如果在應(yīng)用程序開發(fā)和部署方麪存在競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，那麼長(zhǎng)期可維護(hù)性可能被放在比較次要的地位。
In that case President Obama's evident desire for America to take a back seat may well be thwarted.
這樣的話，即使奧巴馬縂統(tǒng)明顯衹想讓美國(guó)退居幕後，到時(shí)候也無法置身事外了。

Republicans would need a 40-seat gain in November to take back majority control in the U.S.House of Representatives.

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Unfortunately, physics, economics and entrepreneurship take a back seat to our legalistic, third-party payment system.
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