on the hook

基本解释

• 陷入圈套；拖延

英汉例句

双语例句

• She took off her overcoat and hanged it on the hook.
  她脱下大衣，把它挂在了挂钩上。
• Opposing reform will leave taxpayers on the hook if a crisis like this ever happens again.
  反对改革将使得在未来危机发生时让纳税人再一次陷入圈套。
• He proceeded to hang his coat and hat on the hook that he had drawn in chalk (really on the nail, of course).
  随后便将自己的外衣和帽子挂在了那个粉笔画的衣钩上（其实当然是挂在了那钉子上）。

原声例句

• Jeff Peters and Andy Tucker were now ready to catch a few fish on the hook.
• No one gets off the hook on this one -- from governments to schools, corporations to nonprofits, all the way down to families sitting around their dinner table."

权威例句

• The rescue puts taxpayers on the hook for what could be hefty investment losses.
  FORBES: Uncle Sam Pumps Up Citi
• We need to protect taxpayers and we're already on the hook for billions of dollars.
  NPR: Freddie Mac Good For Business, Bad For Homeowners?

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词组短语

短语

• on n the hook 被套牢
• hang on the hook 挂在钩上
• T On the hook 芬克金属
• Hanging on the hook 挂在钩上
• be on the hook 陷入困境

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专业释义

经济学

• 陷入圈套；拖延
• 被套住