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back-burner

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈback-ˌburner, backburner /ˈbækˌbɜːnə $ -ˌbɜːrnər/ verb [transitive] informal  to delay doing something, because it does not need your attention immediately or because it is not as important as other things that you need to do immediately 搁置一边,暂缓 Allison back-burnered her prestigious law career when she had a baby. 艾莉森生孩子的时候把她那声名显赫的律师事业暂时搁在了一边。 The project has been backburnered. 这个项目已暂缓进行。 leave/put something on the back burner at burner(3)→ See Verb table
ˈback-ˌburner verbChineseSyllable
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back-burner
ˈback-ˌburner , back‧bur‧ner /ˈbækˌbɜːnə $ -ˌbɜːrnər/ verb [transitive] informal
to delay doing something, because it does not need your attention immediately or because it is not as important as other things that you need to do immediately:
    Allison back-burnered her prestigious law career when she had a baby.
    The project has been backburnered.


back-burnerBrE /ˌbæk ˈbɜːnə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˌbæk ˈbɜːrnər/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they back-burner BrE /ˌbæk ˈbɜːnə(r)/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌbæk ˈbɜːrnər/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it back-burners BrE /ˌbæk ˈbɜːnəz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌbæk ˈbɜːrnərz/ 🔊past simple back-burnered BrE /ˌbæk ˈbɜːnəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌbæk ˈbɜːrnərd/ 🔊past participle back-burnered BrE /ˌbæk ˈbɜːnəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌbæk ˈbɜːrnərd/ 🔊 -ing form back-burnering BrE /ˌbæk ˈbɜːnərɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌbæk ˈbɜːrnərɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth (informal, especially NAmE) to leave an idea or a plan for a time, to be done or considered later 搁置;稍后处理   compare on the back burner at back adjective