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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。