n.无用的人，投机者

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

落选的议员

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 lame duck───倒霉的人（非正式）；处于困境者（非正式）；没有前途的人（非正式）

black duck───黑鸭子（中国演唱组合名）

blue duck───山蓝鸭，蓝鸭

black ducks───黑鸭子（中国演唱组合名）

blue ducks───山蓝鸭，蓝鸭

eider duck───n.绒鸭

flame guns───火焰喷枪；火焰喷射机

The lame - duck company finally got over from the long - lasting depression for the new personnel reshuffle.───那家半死不活的公司通过新的人事改组最终摆脱了 长期 的低迷境况.

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

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.

No foreign policy decision can be made because of the lame duck presidency.───因为重新当选无望的总统管辖,无法决定对外政策.

The lame duck president was losing more and more control over his country.───这个没用的总统越来越没有能力管理自己的国家了.

A lame duck manager can not bring his business back on to the normal track.───一个无能的经理是不能把他的企业重新拉回到正常经营的轨道上来的.

He is a lame duck manager who cannot even set clear goals for his team.───他是一个无能的经理,居然无法为他的团队设立明确的奋斗目标.

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.

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.

A lame duck, of course.───当然是跛鸭喽。

YB Zulhasnan is just a political appointee of the lame duck Prime Minister.───尊贵的祖哈斯南只不过是瘸脚鸭首相的政治傀儡.

Mr Calderon is not yet a lame duck: a poll this month gave him an approval rating of close to 70%.───卡尔德龙还没沦落到跛脚鸭的程度：本月的一项民调给出了接近70%的支持率。

Unpopular lame duck though he may be, Mr Bush will stay in office until January 2009.───尽管布什可能是一只不受欢迎的跛鸭，他将继续高坐白宫直至2009年。

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

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

The water plant is a lame duck.

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.

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

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

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