hot seat

英 [hɒt siːt]

美 [hɑːt siːt]

n.  责任重大的位置

法律

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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a difficult position where you are subjected to stress and criticism
• an instrument of execution by electrocution
  1. the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair
  Synonym:electric chairchairdeath chair

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• If you lie to your teacher, you will be in the hot seat.
  如果你对你的老师撒谎，你会有麻烦的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。