a lame duck的意思

倒霉的人（非正式）

沒有前途的人（非正式）

處于困境者（非正式）

扶不起的阿斗

lame duck───n.跛足鴨（指遭遇困難需要幫助的人或企業）；（由于任期將滿等原因而）無實權的官員或政府；無用的人

lame ducks───n.跛足鴨（指遭遇困難需要幫助的人或企業）；（由于任期將滿等原因而）無實權的官員或政府；無用的人

lame-duck───n.跛足鴨（指遭遇困難需要幫助的人或企業）；（由于任期將滿等原因而）無實權的官員或政府；無用的人

a dead duck───完蛋的人；死鴨子

black duck───黑鴨子（中國演唱組合名）

blue duck───山藍鴨，藍鴨

Barbary duck───芭芭麗鴨

alameda───n.林蔭散步道；n.(Alameda)人名；(西、葡)阿拉梅達

alamedas───n.林蔭散步道；n.(Alameda)人名；(西、葡)阿拉梅達

The water plant is a lame duck.───這個水生植物像坡腳的鴨子.

The president nominated a lame duck to head commision.───總統提名一名任期將滿的官員來負責委員會.

Sally always has to have a lame duck to look after.───薩莉總是要找個殘疾的人來加以照顧.

He cushions his transition into retirement by referring to himself as a lame duck.───他為了減少沖擊,在退休過程的轉移中,自稱為跛腳鴨.

The governor of our state ended up as a lame duck when he lost the election.───我們州的州長競選連任失敗,因此即將下任.

And while that makes him a lame duck, he still has his veto pen and his bully pulpit.

Sally always has to have a lame duck to look after.

He had turned out to be a lame duck and limped out of her life.

A lame duck manager can not bring his business back on to the normal track.

Bush is not merely treating Clinton as a lame duck.

The president nominated a lame duck to head commision.

He is a lame duck manager who cannot even set clear goals for his team.

The water plant is a lame duck.

It leaves a lame duck with the responsibility of pushing the Maastricht Bill through the Commons.