lame duck
英 [ˌleɪm ˈdʌk]
美 [ˌleɪm ˈdʌk]
n. 不太成功而需要帮助的人(或机构); “跛足鸭”; (不能继续连任的)即将届满卸任的从政者(或政府); “跛脚鸭”
牛津词典
noun
- 不太成功而需要帮助的人(或机构);“跛足鸭”
a person or an organization that is not very successful and that needs help - (不能继续连任的)即将届满卸任的从政者(或政府);“跛脚鸭”
a politician or government whose period of office will soon end and who will not be elected again- a lame-duck president/administration
跛脚鸭总统 / 政府
- a lame-duck president/administration
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 不中用的人(或物);废物;草包
If you describe someone or something as alame duck, you are critical of them because they are not successful and need to be helped a lot.- Look, I'm not one of your lame ducks.
听着,我可不像你手下的那些废物。 - ...lame-duck industries.
前景黯淡的行业
- Look, I'm not one of your lame ducks.
- N-COUNT (因任期将满等)无实权的官员(或政府)
If you refer to a politician or a government as alame duck, you mean that they have little real power, for example because their period of office is coming to an end.- He must recognise by now that he will be a one-term, increasingly lame duck president.
他现在应该已经明白,自己这个总统一任就会下台,而且权力将越来越小。 - ...a lame duck government.
即将届满卸任的无实权政府
- He must recognise by now that he will be a one-term, increasingly lame duck president.
英英释义
noun
- an elected official still in office but not slated to continue
双语例句
- But most commentators said it was difficult to take the announcements seriously as Mr Medvedev was a lame duck.
但大部分评论员表示,鉴于梅德韦杰夫即将离任,很难认真对待他的讲话。 - Mr Blair has repeatedly refused to announce a timetable for his departure for fear of being rendered a lame duck leader.
布莱尔曾多次拒绝宣布离任时间表,因为他担心自己被视为一位即将离职的软弱领导人。 - Last week, Senator Chris Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, announced he would not seek re-election next November, recasting himself as a lame duck who will do whatever the banks want.
上周,参议院银行委员会主席克里斯多德(chrisdodd)宣布,他不会在11月寻求连任,表明他是即将卸任、无心作为的官员,银行让他做任何事都会照办。 - A lame duck chief justice cannot nake many changes in the judicial system.
无能的大法官无法使司法体系有多夫改变。 - When he failed the exam, he thought he was really a lame duck.
考试失败后,他感觉自己真是个无用的人。 - Mr Lee is entering his last year in office and is perceived as being a lame duck.
已进入最后一年任期的李明博,被视为一只“跛脚鸭”。 - The governor of our state ended up as a lame duck when he lost the election.
我们的州长只能以失败告终,当他在竞选中失败。 - He must recognise by now that he will be a one-term, increasingly lame duck president.
他现在应该已经明白,自己这个总统一任就会下台,而且权力将越来越小。 - There is no higher national security priority for the lame duck session of Congress.
在国会调整时期,没有比这更加重要的安全问题。 - The water plant is a lame duck.
水生植物是个不完全的家伙。