You need to take a back seat and think about both past and future.

你需要退居次位思考过去和将来。

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If you want to teach your kids at home, your ambitions and aspirations will have to take a back seat.

如果你想在家教孩子，你的雄心和志向就会退到次要地位。

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But organised crime, often hidden from public view, may well continue to take a back seat to more obvious nuisances.

但是时常被视为远离公众视线的有组织犯罪仍然可以高枕无忧，隔岸观火。

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Republicans would need a 40-seat gain in November to take back majority control in the U.S.House of Representatives.

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My analytical mind will have to take a back seat to the experienced mind for the time being.

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So Jaroslaw has apparently decided to take a back seat, at least until the presidential race is decided.

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I'm not going to take a back seat to anybody with my horse.

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