Instead, governing took a back seat to performing.

相反，管理让位于了表演。

Research took a back seat to the immediate threat of the fires.

面对大火的直接威胁，她们将研究暂时放下。

And if you take a back seat to someone or something you have assumed the secondary position of importance to them.

如果你让位于某人或者针对某事退居二线（take a back seat to someone or something），那么你对他们来说就处于次要地位了。

Research took a back seat to the immediate threat of the fires.

瓦尔坦：研究在火灾的直接威胁面前退居二线。

Foreign policy will take a back seat to domestic problems for a while.

【seat】外交政策暂时要排在国内问题之后了。

And you know what, for a pIayer on the national team, personal affairs are supposed to take a back seat to training and competitions.

而且，你知道吗，对于一名国家队的队员，个人私事必须让位于训练和比赛。

Even still, it almost took a back seat to the actual experience of just being in that noisy, chaotic room, literally surrounded by Katz's history.

即便如此，坐在这个嘈杂混乱的房间内，坐在实际体验的位子上，就已经被凯茨的整个历史所包围。

When Hoke pulls the car over, he finally refuses to take a back seat to Miss Daisy by insisting that she at least is forbidden to tell him when he needs ro go to the bathroom.

当Hoke停下车的时候，你总不能连我什么时候上厕所都要横加干涉吧。

Finally, when writing a final draft, students should be encouraged to check the details of grammar and spelling, which may have taken a back seat to ideas and organization in the previous stages.

最后，在写定稿时，应该鼓励学生检查语法和拼写的细节，这可能比前几个阶段的想法和组织要落后。