hot seat

美 [hɑːt siːt]英 [hɒt siːt]
  • n.责任重大的位置
hot seathot seat

noun

sing.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

hot seat

频次

  • 1
    PHRASE 身负重任;挑大梁
    If you are in 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。

noun

1
a difficult position where you are subjected to stress and criticism
2
an instrument of execution by electrocution;resembles an ordinary seat for one person
the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair
Synonym: electric chair chair death chair

数据来源:WordNet

  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。

  2. The video challenge does not put individual students on the hot seat --- so it 's less intimidating by design .

    视频挑战赛并没有让个别学生骑虎难下,而是设计得更亲民。

  3. The teacher put the student in the hot seat , asking her questions to see how much she could5 remember .

    这个老师为了测试这名学生记住了多少知识,问了她很多问题,这使学生倍感压力。

  4. 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。

  5. 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。

  6. 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。

  7. 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。

  8. 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。

  9. 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。

  10. 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。

  11. 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。

  12. You 'd really be in the hot seat trying to interpret in a meeting or over the phone .

    要是让你在会议上或者电话上进行口译,那才叫难堪呢。

  13. 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。

  14. I was in the hot seat for about an hour , but they didn 't learn anything from me .

    我被审问了一小时左右,可是他们没有从我这里得到任何东西。

  15. 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。

  16. The retail giant and streaming platform has been on the hot seat for its lack of a breakthrough hit .

    由于缺少突破性的大热作品,这家零售巨头兼流媒体平台一直以来处境都很尴尬。

  17. 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。

  18. 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。

  19. 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。

  20. 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。

  21. 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。

  22. Other candidates have alluded to financial hardships while in the hot seat , and one person even distributed bound copies of documents describing projects he completed for past employers .

    还有一些应聘者在面试时暗示自己经济上遇到麻烦,一位应聘者甚至将过去做过的项目编印成册进行分发。

  23. 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。

  24. 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。

  25. When you 're in the hot seat , there 's a good chance your interviewer will turn the tables at some point and ask , " Do you have any questions for me ? "

    当面试官问完问题后,他可能会转而问你:“你有没有什么问题要问我呢?”

  26. 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。

  27. A couple of weeks ago , Texan chef Tim Love paid a visit to the5 @ 5 hot seat to explain why eating meat is rad and being vegetarian , well , isn 't.

    几个礼拜前,美国德克萨斯州的大厨TimLove走访了CNN的5对5热坐,并且解释了为何吃肉为“酷”,而吃素不“酷”。

  28. 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。

  29. I 'm sure we 've all seen the 1940s and 50s interrogation movies where the person in the hot seat has a sweaty brow or a sweaty upper lip or perhaps sweat dripping down from their sideburns .

    我确定我们都看过四五十年代的电影,当犯人坐在电椅上接受审讯时,总是会额头冒汗,或者上唇出汗,或者,汗珠从胡子上滴下来。

  30. 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。