take second place

基本解釋

Bill Clinton received just 3% of the vote in Iowa in 1992 and “came back” to take second place in New Hampshire.
1992年，比爾克林頓只從愛荷華州得到3％的選票，回到新漢普郡卻又一次只得3％得選票。
But Mr Darling’s urge to tackle the deficit with a budget of nothing but austerity measures make take second place to doling out a few election sweeteners to the country’s voters.
達林先生想要解決財政赤字問題，但苦于沒有預算撥款，只能靠推行財政緊縮政策，這使得他無力在選舉中給選民承諾好處。
Farmers along the Darling worry that irrigated agriculture will take second place in the plan to billabongs (oxbow lakes), wetlands and other environmental needs that have suffered for decades.
達令河沿岸農(nóng)民擔心政府在計劃中會把死水洼地（U形湖）、濕地和其他環(huán)保需求放在首位（因為這些問題已困擾人們幾十年了），而把農(nóng)業(yè)灌溉放在次要地位。

Society seems obsessed with celebrity, fame and trivia while serious learning and difficult achievement take second place.
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But Dr Mahathir is evidently prepared to let Islamic solidarity take second place to a pragmatic desire for Malaysia to become a host for international sporting events.
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