lame duck

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.

When he failed the exam, he thought he was really a lame duck.

考试失败后，他感觉自己真是个无用的人。

You can tell that I'm a lame duck because nobody is following instructions.

看来我的确是个跛脚鸭总统呢，都没人听我的指示。

In a time of crisis no one wants Mr Trichet to become a lame duck.

在危机时期，没有人想让特里谢因即将卸任而不能有所作为。

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 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.

He's been considering taking executive action making controversial changes to U.S. immigration law, and he may act during Congress's lame duck session.

他对于美国移民法律做出的具有争议的行政改革一直饱受质疑，而且他可能在跛鸭会期期间有所动作。

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.

In either case, his presidency would have turned rapidly lame duck.

如果其中任何一种情况发生，奥巴马都会迅速变成跛脚鸭总统。

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.

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.

President Obama wants to get together with congressional leaders and talk about what they can do during this lame duck session.

奥巴马总统希望与国会领袖召开会议，讨论一下在这段时间可以做些什么。

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.

Mr Singh, 78, has pleaded on national television that he is not a lame duck prime minister.

现年78岁的辛格已在全国性电视上做出申辩，称自己不是一位无能的总理。

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.

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.

We hope our governor will be a lame duck after election day.

我们希望州长在选举日后落选。

A lame duck chief justice cannot nake many changes in the judicial system.

无能的大法官无法使司法体系有多大改变。

No foreign policy decision can be make 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

Mr. Bush is a lame duck president of a nation, blamed by some world leaders for being at the root cause of economic crisis.

布什总统是这个国家无用的领导人。他被有些国家的领导人认为是世界经济危机的根源。

There is no higher national security priority for the lame duck session of Congress.

在国会调整时期，没有比这更加重要的安全问题。

He must recognise by now that he will be a one-term, increasingly lame duck president.

他现在应该已经明白，自己这个总统一任就会下台，而且权力将越来越小。

The President nominated a lame duck to head the commission.

总统提名一个即将卸任的官员担任委员会负责人。

Perhaps the way will be cleared for legislative proposals during the lame duck session after the election.

或许中期选举过后在跛脚鸭国会期间通过立法建议。

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

一个无能的经理无法把他的企业重新拉回正常经营轨道上去。

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 water plant is a lame duck.

这个水生植物像坡脚的鸭子.

It made him lame duck six months into a presidency won by the second largest plurality in American history.

以美国有史以来第二位的最大多数票赢得的总统职务，他干了六个月就落得名存实亡了。

Mr Lee is entering his last year in office and is perceived as being a lame duck.

已进入最后一年任期的李明博，被视为一只“跛脚鸭”。

Perhaps Washington could simply dispatch a lame duck.

也许，美国政府只要派一只跛脚鸭就行了。