firing line

柯林斯词典

firing line (firing lines)

• 1. N-COUNT If you are in the firing line in a conflict, you are in a position where someone is aiming their gun at you. 火線; 沖突最前線

  Any hostages in the firing line would have been sacrificed. 処在火線的人質也許早就犧牲了。

• 2. N-SING If you say that someone is in the firing line, you mean that they are being criticized, blamed, or attacked for something. 批評; 指責['the' N, usu 'in/out of' N]

  Foreign banks are in the firing line too. 外資銀行也首儅其沖遭到指責。

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