| 释义 |
back-seat driver
UK [ˌbæk.si:t'draɪ.vər] US [-vɚ] noun countable
■a passenger in a car who keeps giving advice to the driver that the driver has not asked for 胡乱指点司机的乘客；多管闲事的人•figurative It is expected that the former prime minister will be a back-seat driver (= have a controlling influence on what happens) in the new government.人们预料前任首相会对新政府指手画脚。 |