| 词汇 | on-the-back-burner |
| 释义 | on the back burneridiom If something is on the back burner, it is temporarily not being dealt with or considered, especially because it is not urgent or important: （尤指因不紧急或不重要而）暂时搁置一边 We've all had to put our plans on the back burner for a while.我们大家都只好把计划暂时搁置一段时间。 Delaying and wasting time ado busywork buy timeidiom carry something over dally gridlock hold up inefficiency inefficiently kept kick push retard retardation set someone back (something) shelve sit sit on something spin stall on the back burner | American Dictionaryon the back burneridiom(alsoto the back burner) not being done now, but left to be considered in the future: The company put the project on the back burner. Their complaints have definitely been pushed to the back burner. Examples of on the back burneron the back burner Counter-productive masters were put onthebackburner (front burner did not become fashionable until the 1970s). But reform was put onthebackburner. Representations made to them are placed onthebackburner as they deal with the more momentous matters of how they can consolidate their hold on power. But when moral issues are placed onthebackburner of a campaign or partisan moral differences are blurred, the orthodox-progressive divide should be much less relevant to political behaviour. Institutional reform has been put onthebackburner, and there is no sign yet of agricultural reform. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English All the schemes for electrification have been put onthebackburner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those that demand careful consideration and attention are left onthebackburner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has not been put onthebackburner, and we shall seek the earliest legislative opportunity to push ahead with it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The real solution —a major increase in resources —is put onthebackburner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Better still, it is no longer sacrilegious to ask the question: should the whole project not be put onthebackburner? From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English To put it bluntly the matter has been put onthebackburner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not believe for a moment that it is adequate simply to put the problem onthebackburner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The problem is not onthebackburner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It now appears that it has been put onthebackburner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For the first time ever, oil was placed onthebackburner as the leading trading commodity in the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of on the back burner These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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