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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - 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。