This was a woman very much in charge and very much in the driving seat of Europe.

她是一个非常有权力的女人，而且在欧洲也有重要领导地位。

But while you were faffing on in the driving seat I had plenty of time to study a map.

但是当你在驾驶座上浪费时间的时候，我有足够的时间研究地图。

Thank you for putting two entities in the driving seat: August and God. And they served you well.

奥古斯特和上帝。 他们让你获益良多。

And so I think humans very much are in the driving seat still.

所以我认为人类仍然处于主导地位。

In the driving seat sat a man of average height.

【sit】驾驶座上坐着一名中等身材的男子。

We’re trying to put young people in the driving seat.

【seat】我们尽量让年轻人来当家作主。

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.

这听上去很不错，但我还是比较喜欢自己控制着汽车。

Well, there couldn't be any questioning with Cork in the driving seat, so until they got back to Westover Tisdall might be left to recover.

好吧，驾驶座上的 Cork 不会有任何问题， 所以在他们回到 Westover 之前， Tisdall 可能会被留下来恢复。

Because of this, he says, the United States is " firmly in the driving seat of this summit." In other words, the United States could have control of the meeting.

因此，他说美国会牢牢控制好这次会议。