| 释义 |
- likely to be officially stopped or cancelled suddenly; likely to lose your job or position suddenly在砧板上：可能被正式停止或突然取消；可能突然失去工作或职位
- The social pain will be enormous. On the chopping block will be schools and teachers, libraries, parks and health programmes.社会痛苦将是巨大的。学校、教师、图书馆、公园和健康项目都将受到影响。
- Six senators are on the chopping block.六名参议员即将被裁。
- I'm not going to put my head on the chopping block (= risk my job or position)!我不会把我的头放在砧板上（=拿我的工作或职位冒险）！
See also chopping-block |