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ˈfiring line noun (be) in the firing line BLAMEto be in a position or situation in which you can be attacked or blamed for something, often unfairly (处于)首当其冲受攻击[责备]的地位[情形]Examples from the Corpusfiring line• Foreign tourists are also in the firing line.• Its application does put its exponents in the firing line of critical appraisal.• We're public figures and so therefore we know we're in the firing line.• The Law Society too was in the firing line.• But many other speakers and writers stray into the firing line.ˈfiring line nounChineseSyllable to a or situation position Corpus be in in |