My personal life has had to take second place to my career.

我的个人生活得让位于我的事业。

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Even our reunion with loved ones will take second place to our encounter with love himself.

能够接触到爱的本身，即使能与我们所爱的人重聚，那份快乐也会屈居其次。

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Similarly, the bowed head or drooping tail shows a readiness to take second place in any animal gathering.

相似的，低头垂尾表明了在动物聚会上甘当第二的意愿。

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Society seems obsessed with celebrity, fame and trivia while serious learning and difficult achievement take second place.

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"There are people who peddle the line that during a recession, green issues must take second place, " she said.

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Fatherland-All Russia was expected to take second place in December's parliamentary election, but instead came third, some distance behind the two leading parties.

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