on the hook
常見例句
- She took off her overcoat and hanged it on the hook.
她脫下大衣，把它掛在了掛鉤上。 - Opposing reform will leave taxpayers on the hook if a crisis like this ever happens again.
反對改革將使得在未來危機(jī)發(fā)生時讓納稅人再一次陷入圈套。 - He proceeded to hang his coat and hat on the hook that he had drawn in chalk (really on the nail, of course).
隨后便將自己的外衣和帽子掛在了那個粉筆畫的衣鉤上（其實當(dāng)然是掛在了那釘子上）。 - 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."
- 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? - Specifically, the government would put itself on the hook if modified home loans default again.
NPR: Mortgage Modifications Won't Benefit Everyone 返回 on the hook