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
- EXAMPLE: The boastful engineer promised his boss he could solve any problem, but now that there are several problems facing him, he's in the hot seat, and he must solve them or be fired.
这位爱夸耀的工程师向老板承诺，他能解决所有问题，但现在，他正面临几个严重问题，倍感压力。他必须解决这些问题，否则会被炒鱿鱼。 - Eric was really in the hot seat after his mother caught him lying to her.
艾利克被他妈妈发现他说谎之后，麻烦真是大了。 - You may find yourself sitting in a hot seat if you change your mind.
如果你改变主意，将置自己于尴尬的处境中。 - He has lots of plans for a turnround but already his old hot seat at Boeing, where he was chief executive, must be looking like a sinecure.
穆拉利拥有大量扭转困境的方案，但与现在相比，他过去在波音（boeing）如坐针毡的首席执行官职位，肯定算是薪酬丰厚的闲职了。 - High Integrity Shutoff gate valves can be used for hot tapping or in pipeline services where a soft pig is used if the seat ring installation lugs are removed.
高度完全关闭闸阀可以用在热水龙头，或拆卸阀座环安装吊耳后，用在采用软铁块的管路中。 - When testifies before Congress, he will be in the hot seat.
在国会作证的时候，他将面临巨大的压力。 - NEW YORK ( AP)-It's China's turn on the climate hot seat.
纽约（美联社）&在气候问题上中国该处于尴尬的困境。 - 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。 - Martha was in the hot seat because she had to lay off half of her employees.
玛莎的处境尴尬，因为她必须解雇半数的员工。 - 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。