hot seat
英 [hɒt siːt]
美 [hɑːt siːt]
n. 责任重大的位置
牛津词典
noun
- 责任重大的位置
if sb is in the hot seat , they have to take responsibility for important or difficult decisions and actions
柯林斯词典
- PHRASE 身负重任;挑大梁
If you arein the hot seat, you are responsible for making important and difficult decisions.- He is to remain in the hot seat as chief executive.
他将继续留在公司总经理这个不好坐的位子上。
- He is to remain in the hot seat as chief executive.
英英释义
noun
- a difficult position where you are subjected to stress and criticism
- an instrument of execution by electrocution
- the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair
双语例句
- On the hot seat, Geithner has a lot personally tied to the success of the new program.
处于这一尴尬境地,Geithner个人的成败也在很大程度上与这项新计划联系在一起。 - President Clinton has been in the hot seat a lot lately.
克林顿总统最近一直处在需做出许多重大决定的艰难局面。 - No wonder the usually chirpy Mr Blankfein looked so drained by the time he was let go, after almost four hours in the hot seat.
四个小时的审讯对于贝兰克费恩简直就是如坐针毡,难怪平时能言善辩的他到最后只能垂头撒气的离开。 - The politician will be in the hot seat on television tonight; he will have to answer some unpleasant questions.
这位政治家在今晚的电视上将会处于尴尬的场面;他将必须回答些不愉快的问题。 - I'll be in the hot seat when the boss finds out what went wrong.
要是老板发现出了什么差错,我将会招致麻烦的。 - Many a man has controlled a murderous rage when he thought of the hot seat.
许多人一想到电椅就压住了想杀人的怒火。 - On the business front, IT executives are frequently in the hot seat when it comes to justifying their budgets.
在业务上,当涉及到说明自己预算合理性时,IT执行人员往往处于尴尬的位置。 - The more you say things out loud, such as why you're an ideal fit for a position, the more comfortable you'll be reciting that information when you're in the hot seat.
你说的声音越大,例如为什么我适合这个职位之类,你越能自如的背诵出你符合这个职位的信息。 - I was in the hot seat for about an hour, but they didn't learn anything from me.
我被审问了一小时左右,可是他们没有从我这里得到任何东西。 - Tony Blair his friend and erstwhile boss, who takes the hot seat soon will have bee watching n anxiously.
作为他的朋友和过去的老板托尼布莱尔(TonyBlair),不久将如坐针毡,并将一直焦急地关注此事。