大学英语词汇短语释义解析及例句 back burner
释义：
back burner 次要地位；多眼炉子的后炉眼
例句：
Many speculated that the U.S. would put the peace process on the back burner.
许多人认为美国会把和平进程放在次要地位上。
Right now it's on the back burner.
现在它就坐在冷板凳上。
But you can't always stay on the back burner.
但是你不能总是处在次要地位。
Stop putting your own needs on the back burner.
不要把自己的需求排在最后。
They seemed high and we put it on the back burner.
价格看上去很高，所以我们搁置了计划。
I'll put the car repair on the back burner for now.
我把这车的修理暂时放一放。
But the issue seems to be on the back burner, at least for now.
但是这个问题似乎暂时被搁置一旁，至少目前是这样。
They need to be put on a "back burner" for some designated period, to be.
他们需要经过一个设计阶段，需要将来再重新考虑。
His desires — companionship and clean laundry — are put on the back burner.
他的愿望——得到陪伴、清洗衣物——被抛在了脑后。
The job was put on the back burner when more important assignments arrived.
更重要的任务到来时，那项工作就先放一边了。
Put financial speculation with family members or friends on the back burner for now.
暂时停止你与家人或朋友的金融投机活动。
I heard him but I was concentrating on my spin kicks so I put it on the back burner of my mind.
他也许就是随便一说。听到他这么说，我只是当作戏言，放在了脑后。
For me, one goal that's been on the back burner for years is returning to writing short fiction.
比如，多年来我排在非紧要位置的一个计划是重新开始写作短篇小说。
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。
I heard him, but I was concentrating on my spin kicks, so I put it on the back burner of my mind.
我听到了，但是精力集中于回旋踢的我很快把这句话置之脑后。
It will probably get you off the hook for a few days or months or keep the problem on the back burner.
它能使你在一些天甚至几个月内摆脱困境或者延缓问题。
It's been almost three years. Don't you have anyone on the back burner that you've been hiding from me?
已经三年了。你是不是已经有人了还没来得及带出来给我看？
If there's anything on your back burner from the week before, use your Sunday work session to finish it.
如果上周你有什么次要的事情，利用周日的时间来完成。
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。
