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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。