搜尋結果
lame duck
英式
- an ineffectual or unsuccessful person or thing;a politician or administration in the final period of office, after the election of a successor
noun: lame duck, plural noun: lame ducks
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. an ineffectual or unsuccessful person or thing not that long ago, the bank was regarded as a lame duck
- ▪ a politician or administration in the final period of office, after the election of a successor a lame-duck president
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- IPA[ˌlām ˈdək]
美式
- an official (especially the president) in the final period of office, after the election of a ... as a lame duck, the president had nothing to lose by approving the deal a lame-duck governor
Oxford American Dictionary