to play second fiddle

基本解释

• [艺术学]居次要位置

英汉例句

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。

权威例句

• Gifted, energetic and fascinated by political ideas, he was nevertheless ready to play second fiddle to Marx.
  ECONOMIST: A biography of Friedrich Engels: A very special business angel The
• Unlike the French, who have sought to lead Europe, most British politicians have been content to play second fiddle to America.
  ECONOMIST: The Suez crisis

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