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
- 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。 - Make it hot for him; in the hot seat; in hot water.
使之对他有害的；处于尴尬的处境；在困境中。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - After stepping down this summer as the head of the EPA, the embattled Christine Todd Whitman is once again in the hot seat.
作为美国环保署署长的克里斯蒂娜·托德·惠特曼今年夏天辞职以后，受到抨击的她又一次麻烦缠身。 - 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。 - 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。