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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - He has resigned from his job because he has been in the hot seat for years.
由于不堪多年的工作压力，他终于辞职了。 - 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。 - 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。 - This article focuses on the minor matters that job seekers often overlook before they sit down in the interview hot seat.
本文将集中讲述那些常常被求职者忽视的细节。 - 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。 - 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。