A grilling is when someone asks you a lot of questions, hard and fast, and you cannot easily step aside. It feels like standing too close to a hot grill: the heat does not stop.

A grilling is一場grilling指的是 when someone asks you a lot of questions有人問你一堆問題, hard and fast又急又猛, and you cannot easily step aside而你很難輕易脫身. It feels like standing too close to a hot grill感覺就像站得離熱烤爐太近: the heat does not stop熱氣不會停.

Journalists grill politicians; parents grill teenagers who came home late; a boss may give a worker a grilling after a mistake. The word is informal. It is not torture, and it is not a friendly chat — it sits in the middle: pressure with words.

Journalists grill politicians記者會grill政治人物; parents grill teenagers who came home late父母會grill晚歸的青少年; a boss may give a worker a grilling after a mistake老闆也可能在員工犯錯後給他一場grilling. The word is informal這個字是口語用法. It is not torture它不是酷刑, and it is not a friendly chat也不是友善的聊天 — it sits in the middle而是介於中間: pressure with words用言語施加壓力.

You can say a grilling (the event) or they have been grilling him (the action).

You can say你可以說 a grilling一場grilling (the event指這件事) or they have been grilling him或者說they have been grilling him (the action指這個動作).

Though actually, grilling is also what you do to food on a grill, so the same spelling has a kitchen life. In this sense, no food is involved. The picture was borrowed from that heat.

Though actually不過實際上, grilling is also what you do to food on a grillgrilling也是在烤爐上烤食物的動作, so the same spelling has a kitchen life所以同樣的拼法也有廚房裡的用法. In this sense在這個字義裡, no food is involved不會牽涉到食物. The picture was borrowed from that heat這個畫面就是從那種熱度借來的.