backseat
backseat — 片語
1. One of the seats at the back of a car, bus, van, or any other motor vehicle, loc
後座
車輛後排座位
One of the seats at the back of a car, bus, van, or any other motor vehicle, located behind the front row where the driver and front passenger sit.
The children climbed into the backseat and buckled their seat belts before the car moved.
孩子們爬到後座，在車子開動前繫好了安全帶。
collocation: "the backseat of [vehicle]"
Henrik folded down the backseat of his station wagon to fit the wooden bookshelf inside.
Henrik 把他的旅行車後座折疊起來，好把木製書櫃放進去。
A dog slept on the backseat of the taxi, curled on an old blanket.
一隻狗蜷縮在一條舊毯子上，在計程車後座睡著了。
Empty drink cans and snack wrappers covered the backseat after the long trip.
長途旅行之後，後座到處都是空的飲料罐和零食包裝紙。
Nila asked her brother to move to the backseat so Grandma could sit up front.
Nila 請她弟弟換到後座，讓奶奶可以坐前面。
- rear seat
more formal or technical; used in car manuals and official descriptions
- front seat
the seat next to the driver
文法句型
the backseat of [vehicle]
常見錯誤
2. A position of less power, importance, or attention compared to someone or someth
次要地位
較不重要或被忽視的位置
A position of less power, importance, or attention compared to someone or something else, often because of a conscious choice or because other priorities take over.
After the merger, customer service took a backseat to cost-cutting and profit targets.
合併之後，客戶服務淪為次要，一切都以降低成本和提高獲利為優先。
pattern: take a backseat to [something]
Ayana took a backseat in the committee to let new members share their ideas.
Ayana 在委員會中退居次要，讓新成員分享他們的想法。
pattern: take a backseat in [something]
During the election campaign, education funding took a backseat while the candidates argued about taxes.
選舉期間，教育經費淪為次要議題，候選人把時間花在爭論稅制上。
Bilal took a backseat on the project and supported his teammate's vision instead of leading.
Bilal 在專案中退居幕後，支持隊友的想法，而不是自己主導。
When her daughter became ill, every other concern took a backseat to the child's health.
女兒生病後，所有其他的事情都退居次要，孩子的健康才是第一。
- secondary role
more neutral and less idiomatic; used in formal writing
- subordinate position
emphasises being under someone else's authority
- low priority
focuses on the thing being treated as less urgent, not on the person
- center stage
the position of greatest attention or importance
- leading role
the main position of power or responsibility
文法句型
take a backseat to [something/someone]
take a backseat in [something]
用法筆記
This sense almost always appears in the fixed phrase 'take a backseat (to/in)'. The subject is commonly a person, a plan, an issue, or a priority. It is rarely used in other grammatical contexts.