单词盒子

on the back burner

O 开头单词

基本解释

  • 搁在靠后的炉子上；搁置着

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英汉例句

    双语例句

  • The current financial crisis cannot be an excuse to put climate on the back burner, the report warns.
    报告告诫说，当前的金融危机不能成为把气候问题放在次要地位的借口。
  • So here we are, with the greatest challenge facing mankind on the back burner, at best, as a policy issue.
    所以现在我们的状况是，把人类面临的最大的挑战搁置一旁，至多当成一个政策问题。
  • Job creation has been put on the back burner, as all of Washington is afflicted with deficit fever.
    由于全华盛顿都受到赤字问题的牵连，创造就业机会的计划还在准备之中。

    • 原声例句

  • Ronald Suny, with the University of Chicago, sees other reasons why Georgia's and Ukraine's NATO membership bids are In his words, on the very,very distant back burner.

    • 权威例句

  • But any ambition he had in the food world was put on the back burner.
    FORBES: This article appears in the August 6th issue of Forbes.
  • Brand expansion plans, like Ebay books and an Ebay magazine, are on the back burner.
    FORBES: Another Look
  • Since then, Americans have pretty much put tea off the boil and on the back burner.
    NPR: Tea for You and Me

词组短语

    短语

  • put on the back burner 先搁置一边;缓议;暂时搁置一旁;把

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • If something is on the back burner, it is temporarily not being dealt with or considered, especially because it is not urgent or important.