lame duck
不太成功而需要帮助的人（或机构）；
“跛脚鸭” 无能的、没用的人；
不中用的人（或物）；
废物；
草包；
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);
（因任期将满等）无实权的官员（或政府）；
（即将届满卸任者）
【En】
a person, business etc that is having problems and needs help.
有问题需要帮助的人、公司等。
a politician or a government that no longer has any real power or authority.
不再有任何实权或权威的政治家或政府。
If someone or something is a lame duck, they are in a very weak position and in need of support.
如果某人或某事是跛脚鸭，意思是他们处于非常弱势的位置，需要支持。
an unsuccessful person or an organization that is not very successful and needs help.
不太成功需要帮助的个人或组织。
● Look, I'm not one of your lame ducks.
听着，我可不像你手下的那些废物。
● 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。
● ...lame-duck industries.
..跛脚鸭产业。
● ...a lame duck government.
..跛脚鸭政府。
【Scenario Example 场景示例】
● When he failed the exam, he thought he was really a lame duck.
当他考试不及格后，他觉得自己真是个无用的人。
● She is a lame duck manager who cannot even set clear goals for her team.
她是一个无能的经理，甚至不能为她的团队设定明确的奋斗目标。
● My uncle is a bit of a lame duck. The family has to help him all the time.
我叔叔有点儿不中用的感觉。他的家人必须一直帮助他。
● The shipping industry had become a lame duck.
航运业已经成了跛脚鸭。
● The company has completed its transformation from the lame duck of the motor industry into a quality car maker.
这家公司已经完成了从汽车行业的跛脚鸭到优质汽车制造商的转型。
● Moira considers all single people lame ducks.
莫伊拉认为所有单身人士都是废物。
● The company started as a lame duck that was saved by an innovative entrepreneur who decided to take some risks and go in a new direction.
这家公司最初是一家“跛脚鸭”公司，后来被一位富有创新精神的企业家所拯救，这位企业家决定冒一些风险，向新的方向发展。
● We don't have time to fix broken companies and we won't be buying any lame ducks.
我们没有时间去修复那些破产的公司，我们也不会购买任何即将倒闭的公司。
● A bad defeat for his party in October risks making him a lame duck for the remaining two years of his presidency.
如果他的政党在10月份遭遇惨败，他可能会在剩下的两年总统任期内成为跛脚鸭。
● It is not right to use taxpayers' money to support lame-duck industries.
用纳税人的钱来支持跛脚鸭产业是不对的。
● The opposing party was angry at the president's intention to name a Supreme Court replacement while he was a lame duck.
反对党对总统打算在他卸任时任命最高法院的继任者感到愤怒。
● You can't expect much from a lame duck. As a lame duck, there's not a lot I can do.
你不能对跛脚鸭期望太多。作为一个即将卸任的人，我能做得不多。
● You can't expect a lame duck President to get much accomplished; he's only got a month left in office .
你不能指望一个跛脚鸭总统能有什么成就; 他的任期只剩下一个月了。
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