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lame duck

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌlame ˈduck noun [countable]  1. a person, business etc that is having problems and needs help 跛足鸭〔指遭遇困难需要帮助的人、企业等〕2. lame duck president/governor/legislature etc informalFAIL a president, governor etc with no real power because his or her period in office will soon end 跛足鸭总统/州长/立法机构等〔指因任期将满而无实权〕From Longman Business Dictionarylame duckˌlame ˈduck noun [countable] informal1a politician or a government that no longer has any real power or authorityA bad defeat for his party in October risks making him a lame duck for the remaining two years of his presidency.2COMMERCEa company that is losing a lot of moneyWe don’t have time to fix broken companies and we won’t be buying any lame ducks.
ˌlame ˈduck nounChineseSyllable
that needs Business business is and person, a having problems help etc


lame duck
ˌlame ˈduck noun [countable]
1. a person, business etc that is having problems and needs help
2. lame duck president/governor/legislature etc informal a president, governor etc with no real power because his or her period in office will soon end


lame duckBrE /ˌleɪm ˈdʌk/ 🔊NAmE /ˌleɪm ˈdʌk/ 🔊 nouna person or an organization that is not very successful and that needs help 不太成功而需要帮助的人(或机构);“跛脚鸭”(US, informal) a politician or government whose period of office will soon end and who will not be elected again (不能继续连任的)即将届满卸任的从政者(或政府);“跛脚鸭”a lame-duck president/administration 跛脚鸭总统/政府