back seat
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌback ˈseat noun 1. [countable]TTC a seat at the back of a car, behind where the driver sits 汽车后座2 back seat driver informal a) TTCa passenger in the back of a car who gives unwanted advice to the driver about how to drive 后座驾驶员〔指坐在后座对司机指手画脚、瞎指挥的乘客〕 b) CONTROLsomeone in business or politics who tries to control things that they are not really responsible for 〔商业或政治上〕干涉与自己职责无关的事情的人，多管闲事的人3 take a back seat to accept a less important position than someone or something else 退居次要地位，退居二线 Finally, Bryant decided to take a back seat and let his son run the company. 最后，布赖恩特决定退居二线，让儿子来管理公司。
Examples from the Corpus
back seat• But when they were introduced, everything upstairs had to take a back seat.• Many feel reluctant to take a back seat and allow their children to enjoy the special attractiveness of the teens and twenties.• So when Andrew started seeing Sarah, the Princess took a back seat.• He puts me in the back seat with my coat over my knees.• She and Jack were in the back seat and Fogarty was driving.• She pulled-him out slowly as Miguel grabbed the box and tossed it into the back seat.• Reno unfolded herself, pushed her bulk out of the car, and peeled her dresses off the back seat.• Flustered, she reversed, and the groceries she had bought enroute fell off the back seat and flopped to the floor.ˌback ˈseat nounChineseSyllable
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back seat
ˌback ˈseat
noun
1. [countable] a seat at the back of a car, behind where the driver sits
2. back seat driver informal
a. a passenger in the back of a car who gives unwanted advice to the driver about how to drive
b. someone in business or politics who tries to control things that they are not really responsible for
3. take a back seat to accept a less important position than someone or something else:
Finally, Bryant decided to take a back seat and let his son run the company.
ˌback ˈseat
noun1. [countable] a seat at the back of a car, behind where the driver sits
2. back seat driver informal
a. a passenger in the back of a car who gives unwanted advice to the driver about how to drive
b. someone in business or politics who tries to control things that they are not really responsible for
3. take a back seat to accept a less important position than someone or something else:
