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
  1. a lame-duck president/administration
     跛脚鸭总统 / 政府

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.
  1. Look, I'm not one of your lame ducks.
     听着，我可不像你手下的那些废物。
  2. ...lame-duck industries.
     前景黯淡的行业
• 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.
  1. 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。
  2. ...a lame duck government.
     即将届满卸任的无实权政府

英英释义

noun

• an elected official still in office but not slated to continue

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