be in line for

基本解释

If they succeed, they may be in line for my post.
如果他們成功了，他們就可以接替我的位置。
“Anyone who solves these will be in line for a Nobel Prize, ” he added.
他說，”任何人衹要解決這些問題都可以列入諾貝爾獎候選人。
But the broker may be in line for harsher treatment in the months to come.
可是這些經紀人可能在未來受到更嚴苛的對待。

Now we learn, of course, by the second half of this line ; that it has to be the uncouth swain who rose and twitched his mantle blue; but for a moment the "he" in line 192 seems to be able to refer to either the poet or the sun.
現在我們要學習這句話的第二部分,這裡的太陽指代的是那個年輕人;,但是某一刻，在192行的“他“,似乎指的是詩人自己亦或是太陽本身。
耶魯公開課 - 彌爾頓課程節選
The force may taper off, the force may not be given by a straight line, but for modest deformations, every spring will have a linear regime in which the force is linearly proportional to the stretching.
它産生的力可能會漸漸消失,力的曲線可能不是一條直線,而有輕微的彎曲,每個彈簧都有一個線性區間,在這一區間內,力和伸長量是線性關系
耶魯公開課 - 基礎物理課程節選

But the broker may be in line for harsher treatment in the months to come.
ECONOMIST: Bank of America
That said, Nickelback should be in line for some game day perks.
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