a lame duck
基本解釋
- 倒霉的人（非正式）
- 處于困境者（非正式）
- 沒有前途的人（非正式）
英漢例句
- Mr Olmert is a lame duck who will leave office after Israel's election in February.
奧爾默特總理無法作為，在2月的以色列選舉后他即將離職。 - Mr Bush, a lame-duck president, would be a lame-duck president presiding over a lame-duck occupation.
屆時，布什這位跛腳鴨總統(tǒng)，將在駐伊美軍問題上也徹底跛掉。 - But he did not specifically pledge a vote during a coming lame-duck session of on offshore drilling controls.
但是，他并沒有特別許諾在即將到來的新老議員交替時期，發(fā)起關(guān)于控制海底鉆探的表決案。 - Congress holds a lame duck session after an election.
- Mr.Calderon's term in office ends in two years. Some analysts see him as a "lame duck" president with a keen interest in support from Washington.
- There is now a lame duck government in Portugal, with elections expected within three months.
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