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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。