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play second fiddle to

P 开头单词

基本解释

  • v. 当…的副手；居次位

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • Profit tends to play second fiddle to revenue in many entrepreneurs' plans.
    在很多企业家看来利润不如营业额那么重要。
  • But fast forward 60 years and men today are apparently happy to play second fiddle to their wives when it comes to money.
    然而在60年后的今天，男人却似乎很愿意在养家大任上担任妻子的副手。
  • Instead, Britain has reverted to type, preferring to play second fiddle to Washington rather than take its place in the front row of a European orchestra.
    然而，英国又回到了老路上，它宁愿充当美国的副手，也不愿意在欧洲事物中扮演重要角色。

    • 权威例句

  • Hassan left rather than play second fiddle to Pfizer's Chief Executive Hank McKinnell .
    FORBES: Magazine Article
  • Gifted, energetic and fascinated by political ideas, he was nevertheless ready to play second fiddle to Marx.
    ECONOMIST: A biography of Friedrich Engels: A very special business angel The

词组短语

    短语

  • play second fiddle to sb 充任副手;充任帮手;充当帮手;充当帮助
  • Play second fiddle to someone 作配角