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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。