lame duck

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌleɪm ˈdʌk]
• 美式音标 [ˌleɪm ˈdʌk]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n. 跛足鸭（指遭遇困难需要帮助的人或企业）；（由于任期将满等原因而）无实权的官员或政府；无用的人

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• Unpopular lame duck though he may be, Mr Bush will stay in office until January 2009.
  尽管布什可能是一只不受欢迎的跛鸭，他将继续高坐白宫直至2009年。
• I reiterated my commitment to get the START treaty done during the lame duck session and I have communicated to Congress that it is a top priority.
  奥巴马说：“我重申了我的承诺，在瘸脚鸭国会会期期间完成批准削减战略武器条约。 我已经与国会交流过，告知这是一项首要议程。
• Peter Mandelson may have evoked memories of the Heath era when he insisted that the motor industry was "not a lame duck".
  彼得·曼德尔森或许唤醒了人们对于“荒芜时代”的回忆，当时他坚持称汽车工业并不是“跛鸭子”（无望的）。

原声例句

• 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.

权威例句

• Now, we did that in December during the lame duck on the tax cut issue.
  WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Press Conference on the 2012 Budget
• The phrase "lame duck" itself came into use in the U.S. Congress in the early 1800s.
  NPR: Lawmakers Have Full Plate for Lame-Duck Session

词组短语

短语

• lame -duck session 跛脚鸭会期;跛鸭会期;跛脚鸭国会会议;指的是议员将要离开时的那个时期
• a lame -duck President 跛脚鸭总统
• lame duck golden parachute 克林顿在一九九二年十一月三号当选为美国第四十二届总统
• A lame duck 倒霉的人
• Lame Duck Amendment 跛鸭修正案

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (UNSUCCESSFUL) an unsuccessful person or thing
• (POLITICS) an elected official whose power is reduced because the person who will replace them has already been elected

柯林斯英英字典

• If you refer to a politician or a government as a lame duck, you mean that they have little real power, for example, because their period of office is coming to an end.
• If you describe someone or something as a lame duck, you are critical of them because they are not successful and need to be helped a lot.

专业释义

经济学

• 跛脚鸭