For one thing, time may be short, and friendships may take a back seat to your other priorities, such as long days on the job, tiling the kitchen floor or caring for aging parents.

一方面，可能在一个较短的时间里，你因为一些其它重要的事情而忽视了友谊，比如长时间工作、砌厨房地板、照顾年迈的父母等等；

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China's newly wed basketball sensation, Yao Ming, said babies would take a back-seat to Olympic preparations as the host country began the one-year countdown to the 2008 Beijing Games.

在中国迎来2008年北京奥运会倒计时一周年之际，刚步入婚姻殿堂的篮球巨星姚明表示，备战奥运第一，生孩子暂不考虑。

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The US airlines industry has been forced to take a back seat with the technology so far failing to receive regulatory approval.

由于该技术迄今尚未获得监管方面的批准，美国航空业一直被迫按兵不动。

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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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