firing line

柯林斯詞典

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. 火線; 沖突最前線
Any hostages in the firing line would have been sacrificed. 處在火線的人質(zhì)也許早就犧牲了。
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. 批評(píng); 指責(zé)['the' N, usu 'in/out of' N]
Foreign banks are in the firing line too. 外資銀行也首當(dāng)其沖遭到指責(zé)。