You need to take a back seat and think about both past and future.

你需要退居次位思考过去和将来。

But that does not mean coercion should now take a back seat to persuasion, Mr. Nye argues.

奈伊先生提出，但这并不意味着现在高压政治手段应该让位于宗教信仰。

This is a country where women usually take a back seat .

在这个国家通常是男尊女卑。

All other talents take a back seat and the only driver is love.

所有其他人才叨陪末座，而唯一的司机是爱。

This year, those ostentatious displays will take a back seat to social responsibility.

今年，这些摆阔和炫耀将让位于社会责任的话题。

When the discussion turned to military affairs, the governor had to take a back seat.

当讨论到 军事问题时，州长只好靠边站了。

But, if you work with people, sometimes logic has to take a back seat to understanding.

但如果你与人打交道，有时逻辑需要让位于理解。

Executives from two firms attest that its representatives take a back seat at board meetings.

两个公司的主管认可中投代表在董事会议中退居二线。

His desire to see Rome had to take a back seat when he discovered his son was ill in England.

当他得知儿子病在英国时，不得不先搁置起去观光罗马的愿望。

If you want to teach your kids at home, your ambitions and aspirations will have to take a back seat.

如果你想在家教孩子，你的雄心和志向就会退到次要地位。

For some, even routine doctor visits might now take a back seat to basic expenses like food and gasoline.

对于一些人来说，他们尽量不去看医生。因为日常的花销，食品和汽油已经够他们受的了。

Inzaghi is happy to take a back seat and only made one appearance in the 2006 World Cup, scoring one goal.

因扎吉很高兴回到国家队，他在06年世界杯仅出场一次并打进一球。

Officials told the broadcaster that entertainment should take a back seat to "values, responsibility and quality".

官员们对湖南卫视表示，娱乐应当服从价值、责任和质量的要求。

But organised crime, often hidden from public view, may well continue to take a back seat to more obvious nuisances.

但是时常被视为远离公众视线的有组织犯罪仍然可以高枕无忧，隔岸观火。

The US airlines industry has been forced to take a back seat with the technology so far failing to receive regulatory approval.

由于该技术迄今尚未获得监管方面的批准，美国航空业一直被迫按兵不动。

You can be totally rational with a machine. But, if you work with people, sometimes logic has to take a back seat to understanding.

你与机器打交道时完全可以保持理性。但如果你与人打交道，有时逻辑需要让位于理解。

A night where work, your friends and the entirety of the outside world take a back seat to the wonderfulness that is your girlfriend or wife.

那个夜晚，所有的工作、朋友和外界的一切都让位于你的女神——女朋友或是妻子。

If you're in a race to get your application developed and deployed, long-term maintainability can take a back seat to getting something to work.

如果在应用程序开发和部署方面存在竞争，那么长期可维护性可能被放在比较次要的地位。

Many children become so distracted by social issues that academic responsibilities take a back seat or get lost in the day-to-day social shuffle.

因此许多孩子会因为日常社交问题而迷失自己或是被社交问题所困扰而退而不前。

Perhaps the subdued decor is intended to take a back seat to the the views, which include vistas of southern Central Park from two sides of the 39th floor.

柔和的装饰或许是为了突显景色——租客可从39楼两侧远眺中央公园南部的景色。

He was rewarded with a first-team squad number and there is every chance he will be used in the coming campaign. But, for now, his manager wants him to take a back seat.

作为奖赏他获得了一个一线队的球衣号码，在即将到来的赛季他充满了机会，但是，现在他的主教练想要他退居二线。

For one thing, time may be short, and friendships may take a back seat to your other priorities, such as long days on the job, tiling the kitchen floor or caring for aging parents.

一方面，可能在一个较短的时间里，你因为一些其它重要的事情而忽视了友谊，比如长时间工作、砌厨房地板、照顾年迈的父母等等；

A: It doesn't matter.I can take seat in the back.

没关系。我可以坐在后面。

China's newly wed basketball sensation, Yao Ming, said babies would take a back-seat to Olympic preparations as the host country began the one-year countdown to the 2008 Beijing Games.

在中国迎来2008年北京奥运会倒计时一周年之际，刚步入婚姻殿堂的篮球巨星姚明表示，备战奥运第一，生孩子暂不考虑。