时间:2018-12-30 作者:英语课 分类:英语每日一词


英语课

今天我们要学的词组是hot seat。 Hot seat在美国俚语里指处死刑用的电椅。Hot seat也指困窘的处境,尴尬的局面。比如公司连续亏损,总裁的压力很大, "The CEO found himself in the hot seat after another bad quarter."


还比如美国副总统切尼的前办公厅主任Lewis Libby被控在中情局特工身份泄露案的调查过程中撒谎。 法院开庭审理Lewis Libby一案的时候,许多政府要人不得不出庭回答问题,其中许多人处境尴尬, "Many will be on the hot seat during the trial." 今天我们学习的词组是hot seat ...



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absolute number
absorbence
acaulospora formosana
adipic acids
antidesma nienkui merr. et chun
arkengarthdale
arundina chinensis bl.
atretopsia
bent rowing
Bevanites
biohazardous
bookbag
borebot
cash contribution
ciccolo
cinemactor
classical thermal noise
colony count
corn-feds
counterfinding
dermabrasions
die ripping
direct sync mode
electronic ceramics
electronic package
electronic storage system
embark upon
emergency-service
etawney l.
finite memory
footrest
gay-in
geochemical evolution
geological simultaneity
geophila
geothermometries
girelli
group disability insurance
guidanuce error
hand-molded
harbor dues
high-wirer
hilve
hooked giron
hydrate reflection
iconizations
inner room
interosseous muscle
iron(ii) phosphite
krishnaisms
langtry
loading bucket
lorry
machinery goods
Malus asiatica
match ban
measuring cuttent
melamine resin
model data
Mosi-oa-Tunya
moyez
nelarabine
nifurzide
no-communication theorem
paroniria
pars cupularis
pilot control pump
point matching method
postocular spot
precision display
preferred coding system
price rates system
puncho
QF37
refouled
refractious
risseite (aurichalcite)
row vectors
Sarcoptes ovis
sequential-stacked job control
skip it!
split-hand
stainless steel heavy duty vernier calipers
stringy stonecrop
subfulminant
succoss
surface relief
temperature alarm
testimonium clause
thas
trae
tribrid modeller
tuberculous pericarditis
USahs
video rhythm
warming-up starting test
weatherproof glue
Westerstede
whip operating lever
wls-tv
zores bar