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
- Now I'm the hanger-on at these parties-the lame duck.
现在我是依附在这些聚会上-的一个无用的人。 - 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。 - No foreign policy decision can be make because of the lame duck presidency
因为重新当选无望的总统管辖，无法决定对外政策 - Perhaps Washington could simply dispatch a lame duck.
也许，美国政府只要派一只跛脚鸭就行了。 - Chirac had hoped to split the left wing's growing momentum through a referendum and secure the rule of the right for his remaining three years in office and avoid being a lame duck president.
透过公民投票，席哈克原本期望透过辩论分裂声势日上的左派，以确保在剩下的3年里维持右派的统治，并且避免成为跛鸭总统。 - 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。 - Look, I'm not one of your lame ducks.
听着，我可不像你手下的那些废物。 - The President nominated a lame duck to head the commission.
总统提名一个即将卸任的官员担任委员会负责人。 - These steps are not dependent on a "grand bargain" by the lame duck Congress or on sweeping reform in early 2013.
这些举措并不依赖于已成为“跛脚鸭”的国会达成某项“全盘协议”，也不依赖于2013年初的全面改革。 - President Obama wants to get together with congressional leaders and talk about what they can do during this lame duck session.
奥巴马总统希望与国会领袖召开会议，讨论一下在这段时间可以做些什么。