lame duck
US /lem dʌk/
・UK /leim dʌk/
A2 初級
n.名詞跛腳鴨
The president is now a lame duck, with no real power to influence policy.
n.名詞無能的人或事物
The company became a lame duck after the scandal, unable to attract new investors.
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臺灣為何要「大罷免」？看看外國人怎麼看！ (Why Taiwan Just Tried to Recall “Pro-China” Lawmakers)
- If these recall petitions fail, Lai Ching-ti will remain a lame-duck president for the next four years, paving the way for yet more political status.
如果罷免請願失敗，賴清德將在未來四年繼續擔任跛腳總統，為更高的政治地位鋪平道路。
- If these recall petitions fail, Lai Ching-te will remain a lame duck president for the next 4 years, paving the way for yet more political status.
16歲芭蕾女孩的超狂日常！📚🩰 課業、練舞全HOLD住，連火車上都在K書！｜Vogue Taiwan (16歲超自律芭蕾舞者，兼顧學業與夢想，在「火車」上寫作業！Teen Ballerina's Daily Routine｜ Good Job！｜ Vogue Taiwan)
- The most difficult part of my routine is the lame duck.
我的日常工作中最困難的部分是 "跛腳鴨"。
- A lame duck is like a pique, which is you're doing a turn on a straight leg, but then you kind of substitute the supporting leg for the other leg.
跛腳鴨就像 "匹克"，你用一條直腿做轉體動作，但用另一條腿代替支撐腿。
日本首相石破茂：選舉失利後誓言留任 | BBC News (Japan Prime Minister Ishiba vows to stay on despite election loss | BBC News)
- Does this, this presumably, as far as negotiating with the US is concerned, really weakens Japan's hand if the Prime Minister is seen really as a lame duck?
我認為
- Does this, presumably, as far as negotiating with the US is concerned, really weakens Japan's hand if the prime minister is seen really as a lame duck?
就與美國談判而言，如果首相真的被視為跛腳鴨，這是否會削弱日本的實力？
他完了！川普的夢魘崩潰，可能是他結局的方式：Melber 揭露事實，解析期中選舉！ (HE'S DONE! Trump's nightmare CRASH may be how it ends: Melber has facts on the implosion, midterms)
- and that tech and business elites seem to perceive and fear that there might be a MAGA permanent majority, that after Trump's lame duck term, which has about three years left, they would still have to contend with all of this rather than the measurable reality, which is that Donald Trump has been and remains a largely unpopular leader, now an unpopular lame duck president.
有些人已經開始傾向民主黨了。
- So it's actually, I gotta tell you, pretty remarkable that Trump and his allies have spun a long running mediocre electoral hand into claims of this mass realignment and that tech and business elites seem to perceive and fear that the there might be a MAGA permanent majority, that after Trump's lame duck term, which is about three years left, they would still have to contend with all of this, rather than the measurable reality, which is that Donald Trump has been and remains a largely unpopular leader, now an unpopular lame duck president.
所以，我必須告訴你，川普和他的盟友們將一場長期平庸的選舉表現，包裝成大規模政治板塊重組的說法，而且科技和商業精英似乎認為並害怕可能會出現一個永久的MAGA多數，在川普的跛腳鴨任期結束後，還有大約三年時間，他們仍然必須應對這一切，而不是實際的衡量結果，那就是唐納·川普一直以來並且仍然是一位不受歡迎的領導人，現在是一位不受歡迎的跛腳鴨總統。
川普急著毀滅地球？邦迪的愛潑斯坦卡倫馬拉松與民主黨要求改革移民局！ (Trump's Desperate to Destroy the Planet, Pam Bondi’s Epstein Karen-Thon & Dems Want ICE Reform)
- But if it happens, he'd be a lame duck with greatly diminished influence.
Pam Bondi 花在調查那些閱讀愛潑斯坦文件的人身上的時間，比花在調查愛潑斯坦本人身上的時間還多。
- if it happens, he'd be a lame duck with greatly diminished influence.
如果真的發生了，他就會變成一個影響力大減的跛腳鴨。
共和黨人誓言要「終結」川普的17.76億美元補償金計畫！ (Republican vows to ‘kill’ Trump’s $1.776B compensation fund)
- It also left behind a lot of quasi-lame-duck senators and members of Congress, be it those who were redistricted out of their seats because of redistricting in the House, or you've got, uh, Senator Cornyn, whose runoff is next Tuesday, who was, uh, you know, Trump endorsed against.
這也留下許多半跛腳的參議員和國會議員，無論是那些因為眾議院重新劃分選區而被擠出席位的，或是像 Cornyn 參議員，他的決選下週二，他也被川普背書反對。
- It also left behind a lot of quasi-lame-duck senators and members of Congress, be it those who were redistricted out of their seats because of redistricting in the House, or you've got, uh, Senator Cornyn, whose runoff is next Tuesday, who was, uh, you know, Trump endorsed against.
這也留下許多半跛腳的參議員和國會議員，無論是那些因為眾議院重新劃分選區而被擠出席位的，或是像 Cornyn 參議員，他的決選下週二，他也被川普背書反對。
法國總理上任不到一個月就請辭！ (France's Prime Minister resigns after less than a month on the job)
- It's very difficult to, to see an alternative to a sort of lame duck presidency with a lot of political instability until the presidential election of 2027, should he decide to stay as he's pledged to so far.
真的很難看到，在 2027 年總統大選之前，如果他決定像他到目前為止承諾的那樣留下來，除了跛腳鴨總統和許多政治不穩定之外，還有其他選擇。
