“做第二”英语怎么说
1. play second fiddle to
to take a less important and subordinate role to someone or something in a way, often considered demeaning.
意思是扮演第二小提琴手的角色,处于次要位置。
请看例句:
His family has had to play second fiddle to his political career.
他因从政而把家庭置於次要地位。
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。
Steven has no intention of playing second fiddle to the new director, so he has resigned.
Steven不想当新董事的副手,所以辞职了。
借一个寓言用用:
有人问奥地利名指挥家卡拉扬,乐队中哪个位置最难演奏?他说,第二小提琴手。因为他可以轻易地找到一堆杰出的第一提琴手,但要找到一位愿意担任第二提琴手却又充满激情的人很难。
颇耐人寻味的故事:谁都可以担任副手、做配搭,但要时时保持激情那就难了。
但是各位MM们肯定不想做男人心中第二位的女人。Bingo!
Do not play second fiddle to anyone! Be yourself!
to do something trivial and irresponsible in the midst of an emergency.
意思是发生紧急情况时却在做一些无关痛痒的事情。(fiddle在这里是动词,拉小提琴)
传说罗马着火时,暴君Nero却在拉小提琴,毫不关心自己的国民和帝国。据说火是他自己放了,当然不紧张了。唉
请看例句:
The local government fiddled while Rome burned, doing nothing about crime, poverty and pollution.
地方政府不解决犯罪、贫困和污染这等大事,却在无关痛痒的细节上瞎忙。
The account was falling through, but he was more worried about missing his golf game -- talk about fiddling while Rome burns!
他真是不分轻重!眼看要破产了,他还在瞎谈着为高尔夫球而难过。



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