second fiddle

基本解釋

In the Japanese market, meanwhile, Google plays second fiddle to Yahoo! Japan, despite frantic efforts to catch up by launching more Japan-specific services.
與此同時(shí)，在日本市場，盡管Google手忙腳亂地推出了多款本土化服務(wù)，它仍落后于雅虎日本，屈居第二。
The England international has been second fiddle to Ashley Cole for both club and country for too long and wants to re-establish himself as a top class left back.
很長時(shí)間里，這個(gè)英格蘭國腳無論在國家隊(duì)還是在俱樂部中都只能做阿什利·科爾第二，可現(xiàn)在他想重新成為頂級邊后衛(wèi)。
It also seems couples are getting married older now which could be down to women putting more emphasis on their careers nowadays, resulting in romance and marriage playing second fiddle.
調(diào)查還發(fā)現(xiàn)，如今人們結(jié)婚的時(shí)間越來越晚，這可能是因?yàn)楝F(xiàn)代女性更重視職業(yè)發(fā)展，于是愛情和婚姻退居其次。

Named chairman in 1998, Bill Ford plays second fiddle to Jacques Nasser, the chief executive.
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Named chairman in 1998, Bill Ford plays second fiddle to Jacques Nasser, the CEO.
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the second violin in a string quartet or one of the second violins in an orchestra
the musical part assigned to such an instrument