| 词汇 | take-a-back-seat |
| 释义 | take a back seatidiom to choose not to be in a position of responsibility in an organization or activity（在组织或活动中）退居次要地位 Stop having or doing something abdicate abdication bandh bomb bomb out break with something butt forfeit forfeitable forgo forsake forswear give up the ghostidiom lay relinquishment self-denying self-denyingly self-renouncing self-renunciation throw I've done good service in my time, and no one likes to see himself deprived of an honoured title, or forced to take a back seat. Or is it only my horrible egotism and vanity, that can't take a back seat quietly? We can't help him, except by taking a back seat and letting him speak for himself. We mustn't push ourselves forward too violently, or they'll call us cheeky, but on the other hand, if we're content to take a back seat, we may stay there for the rest of the term. What a length of time Vincent had been silent,—he who never took a back seat for anybody! |
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