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
- He is a lame duck manager who cannot even set clear goals for his team.
他是一个无能的经理，居然无法为他的团队设立明确的奋斗目标。 - I am a lame duck.
我是只跛鸭子。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Perhaps the way will be cleared for legislative proposals during the lame duck session after the election.
或许中期选举过后在跛脚鸭国会期间通过立法建议。 - We hope our governor will be a lame duck after election day.
我们希望州长在选举日后落选。 - In short, there are two plausible results from gridlock in the post-election "lame duck" Congress: either a recession or the risk of market trouble.
简言之，大选结束后，国会议员即将届满离任，如果在此期间出现僵局，可能产生两种后果：要么陷入衰退，要么导致市场动荡。