lame duck

短语

n. 无用的人, 投机者 落选的议员

发音

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词形变化

lame ducks 复数 lame ducked lame ducking lame ducks 三单 lame ducks lame ducking 现在分词 lame ducked 过去式 lame ducked 过去分词

别名

lame-duck

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient, or disabled.

    非正式
  2. 2.

    An elected official who has lost the recent election or is not eligible for reelection and is marking time until leaving office.

    美国 政治

    Congressman Jones was a lame duck and did not vote on many issues that were important to his constituents.

  3. 3.

    A person who cannot fulfill their contracts.

    过时 俚语 商务 金融
  4. 4.

    A server that continues to serve ongoing requests while refusing new ones, allowing for graceful shutdown.

    计算机 工程 数学
v.
  1. 1.

    To behave in the manner of a lame duck.

    跛脚鸭

    瘸鸭

    非正式 不及物 及物

词源

Equivalent to lame + duck. First use appears c. 1761, in the London Evening Post. Derived from the situation in which a person who had defaulted in the London Stock Exchange was said to waddle out of Exchange Alley like a lame duck. Verbal form first appears c. 1910.

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