on the spot

释义

1. 牛津电影里 50%

   当场；当下

   immediately

2. 编辑释义电影里 28%

   处于难堪或为难的境地；被逼着当场表态

   in an awkward position, forced to answer, decide, or act under pressure

3. 牛津电影里 11%

   在现场

   at the actual place where sth is happening

   and finds out he's jailed, she has a heart attack and drops dead right on the spot.

4. 编辑释义电影里 6%

   关键时刻及时到位、随叫随到

   (in “Johnny on the spot”) ready and available at the exact moment needed

电影里这样说 · 18 部

• Listen, I hate to put you on the spot,The Grand Budapest Hotel2014
• And if the trouble doesn't subside at once, the prisoner will be shot on the spot.Paths of Glory1957
• and finds out he's jailed, she has a heart attack and drops dead right on the spot.GoodFellas1990
• On the spot?End of Watch2012
• So I became Mr. mcfeely on the spot.Won't You Be My Neighbor?2018
• Second one killed him on the spot.Cinderella Man2005
• I won't have her put on the spot.Downton Abbey2019
• If he doesn't make good, axe him on the spot.Death on the Nile2022

在完整场景里学

• 光荣之路1957
  • 劝将军强攻蚁丘：out of the question（绝无可能）
  • 将军来前线视察：armchair officer（纸上谈兵的军官）
  • 下令强攻蚁丘：the last refuge of a scoundrel（恶棍最后的避难所）
• 好家伙1990
  • 从小迷上街区黑帮：the answer to all her prayers（求之不得的好事）
  • 逃学挨揍，学校来信被截：take a beating（挨一顿打）
  • 讲保利怎么管人：rip someone off（坑钱宰人）
• 唐顿庄园2019
  • 国王王后要来住一晚：business as usual（照常运转）
  • 为迎王室又争遗产：put on the spot（让某人下不来台）
  • 王室管家接管庄园：put on a show（撑起场面）

同一词条的短语

• in a spot
• put on the spot
• a bright spot
• glued to the spot
• hit the spot
• knock spots off
• a leopard cannot change its spots
• be riveted to the spot
• have a soft spot for
• a tight spot
• be spotted with

习语频道里接下来

• at your disposal
• move heaven and earth
• side by side
• on your feet
• come clean
• a far cry from
• a means to an end
• a shot in the dark
• at the top of your voice
• be an open secret
• be at each other's throats
• be falling apart at the seams