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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。