“Put someone on the spot”
CommunicationĐịnh nghĩa
Buộc ai đó phải trả lời một câu hỏi khó hoặc đưa ra quyết định trước khi họ sẵn sàng.
English: To make someone answer a difficult question or decide before they are ready.
Ví dụ
Ví dụ
1 / 2“Please do not put me on the spot by asking for a decision right now.”
Xin đừng gây áp lực buộc tôi phải đưa ra quyết định trước khi tôi sẵn sàng.
Use this idiom in context
Rewrite this example in plain English without the idiom. Preserve who is speaking, the time and the meaning.
Please do not put me on the spot by asking for a decision right now.Compare with the original example
Please do not put me on the spot by asking for a decision right now.
Xin đừng gây áp lực buộc tôi phải đưa ra quyết định trước khi tôi sẵn sàng.
Write a two-line conversation using “Put someone on the spot”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
Check the expression in a dictionaryCâu hỏi thường gặp
- What does "Put someone on the spot" mean?
- "Put someone on the spot" means buộc ai đó phải trả lời một câu hỏi khó hoặc đưa ra quyết định trước khi họ sẵn sàng.
- How do you use "Put someone on the spot" in a sentence?
- Example: "Please do not put me on the spot by asking for a decision right now."
- Should I interpret "Put someone on the spot" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.