| 单词 | on the back burner |
| 释义 | on the back burnerIf something is on the backburner, it istemporarilynot beingdealtwith orconsidered,especiallybecause it is noturgentorimportant: （尤指因不紧急或不重要而）暂时搁置一边We've all had toputourplanson the backburnerfor a while.我们大家都只好把计划暂时搁置一段时间。 Delaying and wasting time
on the back burner| American Dictionaryon the back burnernot being done now, butleftto beconsideredin thefuture: Thecompanyput theprojecton the backburner. Theircomplaintshavedefinitelybeenpushedto the backburner. Examplesofon the back burneron the back burner Counter-productive masters were putonthebackburner(front burner did not become fashionable until the 1970s). From theCambridge English Corpus But reform was putonthebackburner. From theCambridge English Corpus Representations made to them are placedonthebackburneras they deal with the more momentous matters of how they can consolidate their hold on power. From theCambridge English Corpus But when moral issues are placedonthebackburnerof a campaign or partisan moral differences are blurred, the orthodox-progressive divide should be much less relevant to political behaviour. From theCambridge English Corpus Institutional reform has been putonthebackburner, and there is no sign yet of agricultural reform. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English All the schemes for electrification have been putonthebackburner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Those that demand careful consideration and attention are leftonthebackburner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It has not been putonthebackburner, and we shall seek the earliest legislative opportunity to push ahead with it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The real solution —a major increase in resources —is putonthebackburner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Better still, it is no longer sacrilegious to ask the question: should the whole project not be putonthebackburner? FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English To put it bluntly the matter has been putonthebackburner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not believe for a moment that it is adequate simply to put the problemonthebackburner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The problem is notonthebackburner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It now appears that it has been putonthebackburner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 For the first time ever, oil was placedonthebackburneras the leading trading commodity in the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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