back-burner

verb

/ˌbæk ˈbɜːnə(r)/

/ˌbæk ˈbɜːrnər/

Verb Forms

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/

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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。
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