| 单词 | be on the line |
| 释义 | be on the linebe on the line if something important is on the line, there is a risk that you might lose it or something bad could happen to it 有失去的可能；处在危险中 From now on, all our jobs are on the line. 从现在起，我们都有失业的危险。 She knew that her whole future was on the line. 她知道自己前途未卜。 put yourself/your neck on the line (for somebody) (=risk something bad happening to you) (为某人)冒险 I’ve already put myself on the line for you once, and I’m not going to do it again. 我已经为你冒险过一次，不会再有第二次了。 Examples from the Corpus be on the line• With the game on the line, Kansas City scored two touchdowns in five minutes.• Your job's on the line in this case - you'd better make sure you're right.• More manufacturing jobs could be on the line.• An hour later the Secretary of Defense was on the line asking me what on earth I was thinking of.• Ego is on the line in front of this gaijin lady.• When a game was on the line, Carr was nowhere to be found.• We decided that if the game was on the line and something dictated it, the streak was supposed to continue.• Iain is on the line and wants Philip to meet him.• Now 350 jobs here and more than 5,000 at production bases in Birmingham and Lancashire are on the line.• A company's reputation is on the line in the way it handles complaints. → be on the line at line1(12) |
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