He had learnt how to melt invisibly into the background.

他已经学会如何退居幕后.

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He has dropped back to the fifth in his class.

他在班上名次退居第五.

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He doesn't want to step back from the center of things.

他不想退居无足轻重的地位.

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She has a lot of power, but likes to remain in the background.

她掌握不少权力, 但喜欢退居幕后.

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The sense of duty dominates all else, and personal claims recede.

责任感压倒一切, 个人的打算也就退居其次了.

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All other inventions and discoveries were inconsiderable or at least subordinate.

所有其它的发明和发现都显得微不足道,或至少退居次要地位.

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This rule has been superseded since 1925.

自1925年以来,此项原则已退居次位.

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This record has fallen back to third place in the popularity lists.

这盘合带已退居流行排行榜第三位.

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He resigned himself to the role of confidant.

他退居到知心朋友的地位上.

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In effect, the language creates a new kind of debt and subordinates the senior, secured holders.

事实上, 汽车业救助法案的条文创建了一种新的债权级别, 那些拥有担保债券的优先债权人只能退居其次.

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Till then let us keep in the background attending to our own affairs.

这个时候,就让我们退居幕后去,料理我们自己的事儿去吧.

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During that effort, the US and Europe will have to a back seat.

在这一努力过程中, 美欧市场将不得不退居次要地位.

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People who retire to the country often miss the amenity of a town.

退居到乡村的人们时常怀念城市舒适的生活.

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The Christian image - out of focus , blurry and remote - has been pushed into the background.

这一基督教图示 —— 模糊而疏远的 —— 已经退居到幕后.

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Joe is a humble and self - effacing person and so automatically takes second place.

乔是个谦逊而不愿抛头露面的人,总是自动退居次要地位.

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