be in line for

基本解释

If they succeed, they may be in line for my post.
如果他们成功了，他们就可以接替我的位置。
“Anyone who solves these will be in line for a Nobel Prize, ” he added.
他说，”任何人只要解决这些问题都可以列入诺贝尔奖候选人。
But the broker may be in line for harsher treatment in the months to come.
可是这些经纪人可能在未来受到更严苛的对待。

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.
现在我们要学习这句话的第二部分,这里的太阳指代的是那个年轻人;,但是某一刻，在192行的“他“,似乎指的是诗人自己亦或是太阳本身。
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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.
它产生的力可能会渐渐消失,力的曲线可能不是一条直线,而有轻微的弯曲,每个弹簧都有一个线性区间,在这一区间内,力和伸长量是线性关系
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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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