倒霉的人（非正式）

没有前途的人（非正式）

处于困境者（非正式）

扶不起的阿斗

lame duck───n.跛足鸭（指遭遇困难需要帮助的人或企业）；（由于任期将满等原因而）无实权的官员或政府；无用的人

lame ducks───n.跛足鸭（指遭遇困难需要帮助的人或企业）；（由于任期将满等原因而）无实权的官员或政府；无用的人

lame-duck───n.跛足鸭（指遭遇困难需要帮助的人或企业）；（由于任期将满等原因而）无实权的官员或政府；无用的人

a dead duck───完蛋的人；死鸭子

black duck───黑鸭子（中国演唱组合名）

blue duck───山蓝鸭，蓝鸭

Barbary duck───芭芭丽鸭

alameda───n.林荫散步道；n.(Alameda)人名；(西、葡)阿拉梅达

alamedas───n.林荫散步道；n.(Alameda)人名；(西、葡)阿拉梅达

The water plant is a lame duck.───这个水生植物像坡脚的鸭子.

The president nominated a lame duck to head commision.───总统提名一名任期将满的官员来负责委员会.

Sally always has to have a lame duck to look after.───萨莉总是要找个残疾的人来加以照顾.

He cushions his transition into retirement by referring to himself as a lame duck.───他为了减少冲击,在退休过程的转移中,自称为跛脚鸭.

The governor of our state ended up as a lame duck when he lost the election.───我们州的州长竞选连任失败,因此即将下任.

And while that makes him a lame duck, he still has his veto pen and his bully pulpit.

Sally always has to have a lame duck to look after.

He had turned out to be a lame duck and limped out of her life.

A lame duck manager can not bring his business back on to the normal track.

Bush is not merely treating Clinton as a lame duck.

The president nominated a lame duck to head commision.

He is a lame duck manager who cannot even set clear goals for his team.

The water plant is a lame duck.

It leaves a lame duck with the responsibility of pushing the Maastricht Bill through the Commons.