lame duck

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。

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。

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。

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

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。

The water plant is a lame duck .

水生植物是个不完全的家伙。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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”。

The governor of our state ended up as a lame duck when he lost the election .

我们的州长只能以失败告终，当他在竞选中失败。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

These steps are not dependent on a " grand bargain " by the lame duck Congress or on sweeping reform in early 2013 .

这些举措并不依赖于已成为“跛脚鸭”的国会达成某项“全盘协议”，也不依赖于2013年初的全面改革。

Mr Blair has repeatedly refused to announce a timetable for his departure for fear of being rendered a lame duck leader .

布莱尔曾多次拒绝宣布离任时间表，因为他担心自己被视为一位即将离职的软弱领导人。

Hopefully , it may spill over the dinner and the medias ' focus is gonna be what we need to get under the lame duck session .

希望我们的投机者会议所谈论的可能成为晚餐和媒体的焦点。

It may be a good start to a process of global economic reform but as long as a lame duck is dealing for the U.S. , major changes aren 't in the cards .

此次峰会或许是全球经济改革进程的良好开端，但考虑到美国政府正处在新旧交替的时期，短期内不会出现任何重大变革。

I reiterated my commitment to get the START Treaty done during the lame duck session and I communicated to Congress that it is a top priority . "

我在任期将满议员的会议上重申了自己的承诺，让条约开始而且我也传达给了国会这一首要任务。”

In short , there are two plausible results from gridlock in the post-election " lame duck " Congress : either a recession or the risk of market trouble .

简言之，大选结束后，国会议员即将届满离任，如果在此期间出现僵局，可能产生两种后果：要么陷入衰退，要么导致市场动荡。

Now I 'm the hanger-on at these parties-the lame duck .

现在我是依附在这些聚会上-的一个无用的人。

The death of Lincoln even that much earlier would have had devastating consequences for America . Hannibal Hamlin would have become president , and a lame duck one at that .

如果林肯在那次刺杀实践中不幸殒命，美国会经历一次毁灭性的灾难——毫无实权的汉尼巴尔·哈姆林会当选总统。