日本首相安倍晋三的夫人昭惠已经很久没有公开露面了。这位出身名门的富家女一直给外界留下我行我素、“有钱任性”的印象。请看本报周五的报道：

    Japan’s first lady, Akie Abe, once known mainly for embracing progressive causes that put her at odds with her conservative spouse, is now in the hot seat as doubts revive about a murky land sale to a nationalist school with which she had ties.

    The daughter of a confectionary magnate, the 55-year-old has tried to carve out a U.S.-style public “first lady” role in a land where political wives typically stay in the shadows. But that approach comes with risks, acquaintances and experts say.

    报道中的in the hot seat就是”处于尴尬的境地”，例如：

    The CEO found himself in the hot seat after another bad quarter.

    又一个糟糕的季度之后，总裁发现自己已险入困境。