play second fiddle to

常見例句

雙語例句

• Profit tends to play second fiddle to revenue in many entrepreneurs' plans.
  在很多企業(yè)家看來利潤不如營業(yè)額那么重要。
• But fast forward 60 years and men today are apparently happy to play second fiddle to their wives when it comes to money.
  然而在60年后的今天，男人卻似乎很愿意在養(yǎng)家大任上擔任妻子的副手。
• Instead, Britain has reverted to type, preferring to play second fiddle to Washington rather than take its place in the front row of a European orchestra.
  然而，英國又回到了老路上，它寧愿充當美國的副手，也不愿意在歐洲事物中扮演重要角色。

權威例句

• Hassan left rather than play second fiddle to Pfizer's Chief Executive Hank McKinnell .
  FORBES: Magazine Article
• Gifted, energetic and fascinated by political ideas, he was nevertheless ready to play second fiddle to Marx.
  ECONOMIST: A biography of Friedrich Engels: A very special business angel The
• Academic achievement would play second fiddle to the character and manliness thought to be inculcated by prestigious boarding schools.
  ECONOMIST: Ivy League universities
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