Instead, governing took a back seat to performing.

相反，管理让位于了表演。

Libya is the first alliance campaign where America took a back seat.

利比亚战役是美国首次退居二线的联盟战役。

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。

Mary was happy to take a back seat and let Jim run the meeting.

玛丽很高兴能退居次要位置，让吉姆来负责会议。

That's it Feifei. Let's hear from some other people who are 'taking a back seat'…

没错，菲菲。我们来听些例句，看看还有谁放弃了控制权。

Oh nothing. I'm just going to a take a back seat today. You carry on, I'll just watch.

什么都不做。我今天要让权给你。你继续吧，我只是看着。

Now he's getting older he's decided to take a back seat in running the company.

他年事已高，所以他决定退居二线，让出公司的经营权。

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。

If the Facebook network is to take a back seat, there may be a case for regrouping under a new name.

如果说Facebook社交网络要退居次位，或许就有理由用一个新名称进行重组了。

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。

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。

It'll force the elections to take a back seat.

让我们的选举无人问津。

I know it's hard for you to take a back seat.

我知道让你暂时抽身非常困难。

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。

We have to manage all kinds of different stresses and sometimes your English practice has to take a back seat and that's okay.

我们必须处理各种不同的压力，有时你的英语练习不得不退居二线，这是没有关系的。

But destiny had other plans, and Zheng took up a job in a bike factory, and sports took a back seat – until a few years ago.

但是命运有其他的计划，郑在一家自行车厂找到了一份工作，体育爱好给生活让了步——直到几年前。

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。

Because I'm a star, they just automatically assume that I'm not humble enough to sit down and take a back seat which I am.

就因为我是明星，大家就都理所当然地认为我不肯放下身份，甘愿退居次席。实际上，我是愿意的。

Oh I get it! 'To take a back seat' is an idiom that means to give up control and let someone else take responsibility.

哦，我明白了！这个习语的意思是放弃控制权，让其他人来负责。

It wasn't until pretty recently on the grand scale of human history that interactivity took a back seat and broadcast entertainment took over.

直到最近，在人类历史的宏大尺度上，互动性才退居二线，广播娱乐占据了主导地位。