firing line

• 1. 

  N-COUNT If you are in the firing line in a conflict, you are in a position where someone is aiming their gun at you. 火线; 冲突最前线

  例：

  Any hostages in the firing line would have been sacrificed.

  处在火线的人质也许早就牺牲了。

• 2. 

  N-SING If you say that someone is in the firing line, you mean that they are being criticized, blamed, or attacked for something. 批评; 指责 ['the' N, usu 'in/out of' N]

  例：

  Foreign banks are in the firing line too.

  外资银行也首当其冲遭到指责。