on the line片語KK [ɑn ðə laɪn] /ɑn ðə laɪn/發音片語1面臨風險、有可能失去、岌岌可危If we lose this contract, hundreds of jobs are on the line.如果我們失去這份合約,數百個工作崗位就會不保。2在電話上、在通話中There's someone on the line asking to speak with you.有人打電話來,說要跟你通話。3在生產線上He spent twenty years working on the line at a car factory.他在汽車工廠的生產線上工作了二十年。4處於中間、介於兩者之間、難以歸類Her score was right on the line between a pass and a fail.她的分數正好處在及格與不及格之間。5立即、馬上舊式The buyer paid cash on the line and drove the truck away.買主當場付了現金,就把卡車開走了。