back-burner
verb /ˌbæk ˈbɜːnə(r)/
/ˌbæk ˈbɜːrnər/
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they back-burner | /ˌbæk ˈbɜːnə(r)/ /ˌbæk ˈbɜːrnər/ |
he / she / it back-burners | /ˌbæk ˈbɜːnəz/ /ˌbæk ˈbɜːrnərz/ |
past simple back-burnered | /ˌbæk ˈbɜːnəd/ /ˌbæk ˈbɜːrnərd/ |
past participle back-burnered | /ˌbæk ˈbɜːnəd/ /ˌbæk ˈbɜːrnərd/ |
-ing form back-burnering | /ˌbæk ˈbɜːnərɪŋ/ /ˌbæk ˈbɜːrnərɪŋ/ |
- back-burner something (especially North American English, informal) to leave an idea or a plan for a time, to be done or considered later
搁置;稍后处理 - Our expansion plans will have to be back-burnered in the current economic climate.
在当前的经济形势下,我们的扩张计划将不得不推迟。
- Our expansion plans will have to be back-burnered in the current economic climate.