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hot water

麻烦；困境

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麻烦；困境

IN A SENTENCE

The contractor was in hot water after inspectors found that several safety checks had been skipped.
检查人员发现几项安全检查被跳过后，承包商陷入了麻烦。

来源：Expression Original Learning Examples — 阅读必备库 — batch35 · Expression Editorial Team段 editorial-base-hot-waterOriginal English example and Chinese translation written for Expression; no third-party sentence text is reproduced.