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on the back burner 搁置,暂停,处于次要地位
on the back burner的意思是搁置,处于次要地位.由on the back burner的原意:搁在靠后的炉子上(靠边站)引申而来.
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.
Something urgent has come up, so we put your project on the back burner temporarily.
有紧急事件发生,所以我们把你的计划暂时搁置.
