lame duck
- n.跛脚鸭;不太成功而需要帮助的人(或机构);(不能继续连任的)即将届满卸任的从政者(或政府)
复数: lame ducks
lame duck
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N-COUNT 不中用的人(或物);废物;草包
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.Look, I'm not one of your lame ducks.
听着,我可不像你手下的那些废物。
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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 a lame 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。
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In either case , his presidency would have turned rapidly lame duck .
如果其中任何一种情况发生,奥巴马都会迅速变成跛脚鸭总统。
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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。
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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。
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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
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A lame duck manager cannot bring his business back on to the normal track .
一个无能的经理无法把他的企业重新拉回正常经营轨道上去。
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The water plant is a lame duck .
水生植物是个不完全的家伙。
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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。
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A lame duck chief justice cannot nake many changes in the judicial system .
无能的大法官无法使司法体系有多大改变。
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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。
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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。
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In a time of crisis no one wants Mr Trichet to become a lame duck .
在危机时期,没有人想让特里谢因即将卸任而不能有所作为。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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You can tell that I 'm a lame duck because nobody is following instructions .
看来我的确是个跛脚鸭总统呢,都没人听我的指示。
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Mr Lee is entering his last year in office and is perceived as being a lame duck .
已进入最后一年任期的李明博,被视为一只“跛脚鸭”。
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The governor of our state ended up as a lame duck when he lost the election .
我们的州长只能以失败告终,当他在竞选中失败。
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It made him lame duck six months into a presidency won by the second largest plurality in American history .
以美国有史以来第二位的最大多数票赢得的总统职务,他干了六个月就落得名存实亡了。
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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。
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Mr Singh , 78 , has pleaded on national television that he is not a lame duck prime minister .
现年78岁的辛格已在全国性电视上做出申辩,称自己不是一位无能的总理。
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He 's been considering taking executive action making controversial changes to U.S. immigration law , and he may act during Congress 's lame duck session .
他对于美国移民法律做出的具有争议的行政改革一直饱受质疑,而且他可能在跛鸭会期期间有所动作。
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Mr. Bush is a lame duck president of a nation , blamed by some world leaders for being at the root cause of economic crisis .
布什总统是这个国家无用的领导人。他被有些国家的领导人认为是世界经济危机的根源。
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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。
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Mr Blair has repeatedly refused to announce a timetable for his departure for fear of being rendered a lame duck leader .
布莱尔曾多次拒绝宣布离任时间表,因为他担心自己被视为一位即将离职的软弱领导人。
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Hopefully , it may spill over the dinner and the medias ' focus is gonna be what we need to get under the lame duck session .
希望我们的投机者会议所谈论的可能成为晚餐和媒体的焦点。
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It may be a good start to a process of global economic reform but as long as a lame duck is dealing for the U.S. , major changes aren 't in the cards .
此次峰会或许是全球经济改革进程的良好开端,但考虑到美国政府正处在新旧交替的时期,短期内不会出现任何重大变革。
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I reiterated my commitment to get the START Treaty done during the lame duck session and I communicated to Congress that it is a top priority . "
我在任期将满议员的会议上重申了自己的承诺,让条约开始而且我也传达给了国会这一首要任务。”
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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。
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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。
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The death of Lincoln even that much earlier would have had devastating consequences for America . Hannibal Hamlin would have become president , and a lame duck one at that .
如果林肯在那次刺杀实践中不幸殒命,美国会经历一次毁灭性的灾难——毫无实权的汉尼巴尔·哈姆林会当选总统。