单词盒子

to play second fiddle

T 开头单词

基本解释

  • [艺术学]居次要位置

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • Being a modest person, he was content to play second fiddle to others.
    作为一个谦虚者，他愿意居于他人的次要位置。
  • 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

  • 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
  • Unlike the French, who have sought to lead Europe, most British politicians have been content to play second fiddle to America.
    ECONOMIST: The Suez crisis

专业释义

    艺术学

  • 居次要位置