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词汇 hot-seat
释义 the hot seat
noun[ S ]
 informalukus
the situation of being responsible for making difficult decisions that people, often employees, may not like:
The man in the hot seat has a lot of figures to think about.

Examples of the hot seat


the hot seat
But the final couple in thehotseat faltered on the seventh question.
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Appearing as the first celebrity to sit in thehotseat, he eventually tried for $125,000, but got the answer wrong.
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Thehotseat was a red chair on a platform in which the competitor would sit during the first and second quarters.
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The league's umpires, though, have been on thehotseat for most of this season with some high-profile missed calls.
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Each segment consists of two hosts with three guests, one guest at a time being in thehotseat.
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We are not the ones in thehotseat when it comes to taking initiatives.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Local authorities are in thehotseat, because they are best able to assess local needs.
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He is in thehotseat at the moment and, therefore, we have to rely on him to bring back a fair deal.
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It looks as if the ratepayers are in thehotseat once again.
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