to delay doing something, because it does not need your attention immediately or because it is not as important as other things that you need to do immediately 把…擱置一邊,暫緩
Allison back-burnered her prestigious law career when she had a baby.
艾莉森生孩子的時候把她那聲名顯赫的律師事業暫時擱在了一邊。
The project has been backburnered.
這個項目已暫緩進行。
→ leave/put something on the back burnerat burner(3)