take a back seat to

基本解釋

You can be totally rational with a machine. But, if you work with people, sometimes logic has to take a back seat to understanding.
你與機器打交道時完全可以保持理性，但如果你與人打交道，有時邏輯需要讓位與理解。
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.
如果在應(yīng)用程序開發(fā)和部署方麪存在競爭，那麼長期可維護(hù)性可能被放在比較次要的地位。
In that case President Obama's evident desire for America to take a back seat may well be thwarted.
這樣的話，即使奧巴馬縂統(tǒng)明顯衹想讓美國退居幕後，到時候也無法置身事外了。

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