英语词汇“in the box seat”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Originally Australian and New Zealand. in the box seat (also on the box seat): (in early use) in a position of control; (now usually) in an advantageous or dominant position. Cf. in the driving seat.

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1917 Kalgoorlie (W. Austral.) Miner 15 Feb. 4/6 I feel confident the differences with the organisations outside would have soon been patched up, and it would not have been long before Mr. Hughes would have been back in the box-seat.

1941 Kiama Reporter & Illawarra Jrnl. (New S. Wales) 1 Oct. 4/3 All these means..would immediately place the farmers on the box seat to dictate to the Governments and demand their immediate rights for equal justice.

1985 Telegraph (Austral.) (Nexis) 1 Aug. Suddenly Australia finds itself in the box seat to retain the upper hand in the Ashes series.

2020 Morning Bull. (Rockhampton, Queensland) (Nexis) 19 Mar. 4 Livingstone Shire is in the box seat to secure almost $15 million funding for road projects.

单词	in the box seat
释义	> as lemmas in the box seat Originally Australian and New Zealand. in the box seat (also on the box seat): (in early use) in a position of control; (now usually) in an advantageous or dominant position. Cf. in the driving seat. ΚΠ 1917 Kalgoorlie (W. Austral.) Miner 15 Feb. 4/6 I feel confident the differences with the organisations outside would have soon been patched up, and it would not have been long before Mr. Hughes would have been back in the box-seat. 1941 Kiama Reporter & Illawarra Jrnl. (New S. Wales) 1 Oct. 4/3 All these means..would immediately place the farmers on the box seat to dictate to the Governments and demand their immediate rights for equal justice. 1985 Telegraph (Austral.) (Nexis) 1 Aug. Suddenly Australia finds itself in the box seat to retain the upper hand in the Ashes series. 2020 Morning Bull. (Rockhampton, Queensland) (Nexis) 19 Mar. 4 Livingstone Shire is in the box seat to secure almost $15 million funding for road projects. extracted from box seatn. < as lemmas
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