| 单词 | lame duck |
| 释义 | lame duck Word forms: lame ducks 1. countable noun [oft NOUN noun] 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. [disapproval] Look, I'm not one of your lame ducks. ...lame-duck industries. 2. countable noun [usually NOUN noun] 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. ...a lame duck government. Collocations: lame-duck president She still has two years left in office, albeit as a lame-duck president. Times, Sunday Times This was more than a favour from a lame-duck president. Times, Sunday Times The two main obstacles are a lame-duck president and the uncertainty likely to greet the next leader. Times, Sunday Times He can grant presidential pardons for associates, in line with what most lame-duck presidents have done. Times,Sunday Times |
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