put on the spot

释义

1. 牛津电影里 100%

   （提出难题）使某人尴尬，使某人为难

   to make sb feel awkward or embarrassed by asking them a difficult question

   I won't have her put on the spot.

电影里这样说 · 5 部

• Listen, I hate to put you on the spot, but I really must ask you to clear my name.The Grand Budapest Hotel2014
• You're putting me on the spot.The Longest Day1962
• I won't have her put on the spot.Downton Abbey2019
• "Fuck you. Don't put me on the spot."Birdman or2014
• Sorry if I put you on the spot showing up like that.Drive2011
• Listen, I hate to put you on the spot,The Grand Budapest Hotel2014
• I-I didn't mean to put you on the spot, mate. It's...Love and Monsters2020
• I can put a blind spot in the program as a bonus.Transformers: Dark of the Moon2011

在完整场景里学

• 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
• 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 the drop of a hat
• be all in mind
• be at your wits end
• be born to be
• be set in your ways
• by word of mouth
• come out on top
• down in the dumps
• fly off the handle
• give the finger
• hold at bay
• in the blink of an eye