英语释义

• a secondary role or function;

  "he hated to play second fiddle to anyone"

• someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role

英汉例句

• for one thing, work on the framework plays second fiddle to work on the actual application, so it「s progressing slowly, mostly as 20% work.

  原因之一在于我们只能把开发框架安排在比开发相应实际应用次要的位置，最多不过20%的工作时间，所以它的进展一直比较缓慢。

• iaquinta signed for juve from udinese last summer but he has had a frustrating season, playing second fiddle to the prolific david trezeguet and alessandro del piero.

  亚昆塔去年夏天从乌迪内斯加盟尤文，不过他度过了一个令人泄气的赛季。 在队中他成了特雷泽盖与皮耶罗的替补。

• sadly, she was second fiddle to his work.

  令她悲哀的是，他的工作比她更重要。

• the england international has been second fiddle to ashley cole for both club and country for too long and wants to re-establish himself as a top class left back.

  很长时间里，这个英格兰国脚无论在国家队还是在俱乐部中都只能做阿什利·科尔第二，可现在他想重新成为顶级边后卫。

• they apparently aim to bring in a trusted understudy to play second fiddle to abbiati, allowing them to offload the howler-prone duo, who have alternately worn the gloves over the past few seasons.

  他们的目标是给阿比亚蒂找到一个值得信任的替补，将两个已经明显下滑的门将脱手，他们在过去的几个赛季里轮流上场。

• it was a tough moment for clinton, playing second fiddle at the bibi-does-gandhi show.

  屈身为「比比」出演甘地做配角的克林顿实则心有不甘。

• 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，男人却似乎很愿意在养家大任上担任妻子的副手。

• while rourke’s role in the film was second fiddle to keira knightley, he managed to make his character cool just by playing him.

  虽然电影中洛克的角色只是凯拉·奈特莉的副手，他还是靠本色演出就锋芒毕露。

• apple has so far played second fiddle to android phone makers, but reports continue to surface that apple is working on a plan to make bigger strides in asian markets.

  到目前为止，苹果手机的销量已经被安卓手机赶超，但据报道披露，苹果正在亚洲市场下一盘大棋。

• profit tends to play second fiddle to revenue in many entrepreneurs」 plans.

  在很多企业家看来利润不如营业额那么重要。

• i hate playing second fiddle to my sister; she always does things better than i do!

  我真是讨厌落在我姐姐的下风，她总是比我做得好！

• 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，英国又回到了老路上，它宁愿充当美国的副手，也不愿意在欧洲事物中扮演重要角色。

• his family has had to play second fiddle to his political career.

  他因从政而把家庭置于次要地位。

• change’s leader is nawshirwan mustafa, aged 65, who for many years played second fiddle in the puk to jalal talabani, now iraq’s national president.

  改革的领导人是nawshirwanmustafa，现任伊拉克总统，今年65岁，多年来做为仅次于jalaltalabani的库尔迪斯爱国联盟的第二把交椅。

• he plays second fiddle to mr. white.

  他充当怀特先生的副手。

• being a modest person, he was content to play second fiddle to others.

  作为一个谦虚者，他愿意居于他人的次要位置。

• the charity「s director, andrew davis, said: 」for generations the car has been king, but it could now play second fiddle to the flying bicycle. 「

  协会董事安德鲁-大卫说：「对好几代人来说，汽车在交通中一直占主导地位，但现在可以让位于这种会飞的自行车了。」

• i feel it worth playing second fiddle to mr. clinton. he」s so capable.

  给克林顿先生当二把手我看也值得。他太能干了。

• steven has no intention of playing second fiddle to the new director, so he has resigned.

  steven不想当新董事的副手，所以辞职了。

• but these strategic reasons for taking on debt may have played second fiddle to a more basic motive: managers' self-interest.

  但是，相对于一个更根本的动机——经理人自身的利益，举债的战略性考虑就要退居次席了。

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