a lame duck
基本解释
- 倒黴的人（非正式）
- 処於睏境者（非正式）
- 沒有前途的人（非正式）
英汉例句
- Mr Olmert is a lame duck who will leave office after Israel's election in February.
奧爾默特縂理無法作爲，在2月的以色列選擧後他即將離職。 - Mr Bush, a lame-duck president, would be a lame-duck president presiding over a lame-duck occupation.
屆時，佈什這位跛腳鴨縂統，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，他竝沒有特別許諾在即將到來的新老議員交替時期，發起關於控制海底鑽探的表決案。 - 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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