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单词 lame duck
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lame duck

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noun

an elected official or group of officials, as a legislator, continuing in office during the period between an election defeat and a successor's assumption of office.
a president who is completing a term of office and chooses not to run or is ineligible to run for reelection.
a person finishing a term of employment after a replacement has been chosen.
anything soon to be supplanted by another that is more efficient, economical, etc.
a person or thing that is disabled, helpless, ineffective, or inefficient.
a person who has lost a great deal of money in speculations on the stock market.

Origin of lame duck

First recorded in 1755–65

OTHER WORDS FROM lame duck

lame-duck, adjective

Words nearby lame duck

LAMDA, lame, lamebrain, Lamech, lamed, lame duck, lame-duck session, lamell-, lamella, lamellar, lamellar bone
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Example sentences from the Web for lame duck

  • It shouldn't be done by a lame-duck Congress, which is a threat to US sovereignty.

    Your "Changing" Republican Party|Michael Tomasky|December 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
  • And why would she consign herself to lame-duck status, even if two years from now that might be her intention?

    Nancy Pelosi Decides to Stay as Democratic Leader, Maps Out Women’s Future|Eleanor Clift|November 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
  • President Obama said that the lame-duck session of the 111th Congress proves that "we're not doomed to endless gridlock."

    Suddenly, Washington Works|Bob Kerrey|December 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST
  • I was actually convinced if it went down he would be a lame-duck president.

    The Last Blowout|The Daily Beast|October 31, 2010|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for lame duck

lame duck

noun

a person or thing that is disabled or ineffectual
stock exchange a speculator who cannot discharge his liabilities
a company with a large workforce and high prestige that is unable to meet foreign competition without government support
US
  1. an elected official or body of officials remaining in office in the interval between the election and inauguration of a successor
  2. (as modifier)a lame-duck president
(modifier) US designating a term of office after which the officeholder will not run for re-election
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with lame duck

lame duck

An elected officeholder whose term of office has not yet expired but who has failed to be re-elected and therefore cannot garner much political support for initiatives. For example, You can't expect a lame duck President to get much accomplished; he's only got a month left in office. This expression originated in the 1700s and then meant a stockbroker who did not meet his debts. It was transferred to officeholders in the 1860s. The Lame Duck Amendment, 20th to the U.S. Constitution, calls for Congress and each new President to take office in January instead of March (as before), thereby eliminating the lame-duck session of Congress.

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Cultural definitions for lame duck

lame duck

A public official or administration serving out a term in office after having been defeated for reelection or when not seeking reelection.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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