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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。