lame duck

常見例句

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，在瘸腳鴨國會會期期間完成批準削減戰(zhàn)略武器條約。我已經(jīng)與國會交流過，告知這是一項首要議程。
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于“荒蕪時代”的回憶，當時他堅持稱汽車工業(yè)并不是“跛鴨子”（無望的）。

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.

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.
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