lame duck

常見例句

雙語例句

• Unpopular lame duck though he may be, Mr Bush will stay in office until January 2009.
  盡管布什可能是一只不受歡迎的跛鴨，他將繼續(xù)高坐白宮直至2009年。
• I reiterated my commitment to get the START treaty done during the lame duck session and I have communicated to Congress that it is a top priority.
  奧巴馬說：“我重申了我的承諾，在瘸腳鴨國會(huì)會(huì)期期間完成批準(zhǔn)削減戰(zhàn)略武器條約。 我已經(jīng)與國會(huì)交流過，告知這是一項(xiàng)首要議程。
• Peter Mandelson may have evoked memories of the Heath era when he insisted that the motor industry was "not a lame duck".
  彼得·曼德爾森或許喚醒了人們對(duì)于“荒蕪時(shí)代”的回憶，當(dāng)時(shí)他堅(jiān)持稱汽車工業(yè)并不是“跛鴨子”（無望的）。

原聲例句

• Congress holds a lame duck session after an election.
• Mr.Calderon's term in office ends in two years. Some analysts see him as a "lame duck" president with a keen interest in support from Washington.

權(quán)威例句

• Now, we did that in December during the lame duck on the tax cut issue.
  WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Press Conference on the 2012 Budget
• The phrase "lame duck" itself came into use in the U.S. Congress in the early 1800s.
  NPR: Lawmakers Have Full Plate for Lame-Duck Session
• There is now a lame duck government in Portugal, with elections expected within three months.
  FORBES: Connect
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