in the driving seat
US /ɪn ðə ˈdraɪvɪŋ ˈsit/
・UK /in ðə ˈdraɪvɪŋ ˈsi:t/
B1 中級
idm.掌控局面
After the promotion, she was in the driving seat of the project.
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小時候在田裡抓青蛙的童年回憶你還記得嗎！為什麼現在的小孩都不再去戶外活動了？ (Why Kids Never Go Outside Anymore)
- As they grow up, they're bombarded with the fact that their lives probably won't be as good as their parents. They probably won't be able to afford a house. They will have a much harder time building a family or even finding people to connect with. The social contract that previous generations bought into has disappeared. It's easy to treat the mental health problems that we see today as their own isolated issue, but in many ways, they're the natural response to what kids are facing. At this point, it might feel a little bit hopeless, but the light at the end of the tunnel is that we're all catching on to these mistakes. We're slowly realising that you don't need to make your kids terrified of strangers. It took decades for people to finally question that absurd narrative. People are waking up to the dangers of social media, the lack of free play in kids, and how addictive and destructive it is to keep kids isolated in a safe little box in their room, staring at a screen endlessly for hours every single day. I mean, how many young people today, how many of your friends that you know, would actually let their children become heavy technology users? Even with cars, despite how embedded they've become, the pendulum is slowly swinging the other way. Young people who've travelled and experienced life in cities that aren't dominated by them know the difference that it can make. We're not going to instantly solve the many challenges that young people face because of the mistakes of the past, but before too long, the generation that grew up with these problems and actually understands them will be in the driving seat, and hopefully, by some miracle, they'll be able to actually fix them and know the value of making their kids' lives better than their own.
在他們長大成人的過程中，他們會被這樣一個事實轟炸：他們的生活可能不會像他們的父母那樣好。他們可能買不起房子。他們將更難建立家庭，甚至找不到可以聯繫的人。上一代人所信奉的社會契約已經不復存在。我們很容易把今天所看到的心理健康問題看作是一個孤立的問題，但在很多方面，它們是孩子們所面臨的問題的自然反應。此時此刻，我們可能會覺得有點絕望，但隧道盡頭的曙光是，我們都在逐漸認識到這些錯誤。我們慢慢意識到，沒必要讓孩子們害怕陌生人。人們花了幾十年時間才最終質疑這種荒謬的說法。人們開始意識到社交媒體的危害，孩子們缺乏自由
- But before too long, the generation that grew up with these problems and actually understands them will be in the driving seat.
伊朗再次關閉荷莫茲海峽！因美國持續封鎖港口，伊朗媒體這樣說 | BBC News (Iran closes Strait of Hormuz again over continued US blockade of ports, state media says | BBC News)
- So in terms of the public mood in Israel, uh, a lot of people quite surprised by this ceasefire, seeing that President Trump is in the driving seat.
所以就以色列的公眾情緒來看，嗯，很多人對這次停火感到相當驚訝，認為川普總統掌握著主導權。
- So in terms of the public mood in Israel, uh, a lot of people quite surprised by this ceasefire, seeing that President Trump is in the driving seat.
這就是分析。
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- Well, that all sounds very nice, but I think I'd still prefer to be in the driving seat, and that means in control of a situation. You can take the driverless car and do your work,
這聽起來很不錯，但我覺得我還是更喜歡坐在駕駛座上，也就是掌控全局。你可以開著無人駕駛汽車去工作、
- Right off the bat. In the driving seat.
一開始在駕駛座上
