跛脚鸭

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。

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

或许中期选举过后在跛脚鸭国会期间通过立法建议。

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

也许，美国政府只要派一只跛脚鸭就行了。

Perhaps Washington could simply dispatch a lame duck .

看来我的确是个跛脚鸭总统呢，都没人听我的指示。

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

如果莱奥波尔多·洛佩斯落败，未来三个月将进入事态紧张的“跛脚鸭”时期。

If Mr Ch á vez loses , there will be a tense three-month lame-duck period .

已进入最后一年任期的李明博，被视为一只“跛脚鸭”。

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

虽然“跛脚鸭”会议的截止时间仅剩一天，但是目前还没有达成一致。

But with the clock ticking during the final full day of a lame-duck session , there 's still no deal .

各方均需美国来斡旋，但其跛脚鸭总统促成中东和解的努力未免来得太晚了。

The United States , essential for knocking heads together , has a lame-duck president whose quacks for peace have probably come too late .

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。

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

麻烦的地方在于，任何决定都需在年底前达成&而那段时间正好是美国国会的所谓‘跛脚鸭’会期。

The trouble is that any decisions need to be agreed before year-end – in the so-called ' lame-duck ' session of the US Congress .

年底将成为跛脚鸭的国会（指任期即将结束的国会，译者注），很难以最佳状态制定出具有延续性的政策，但这似乎又是我们最大的希望。

An end-of-year lame-duck Congress is hardly best placed to craft policies that will stick . But it seems to be the best hope we have .

西格尔：斯科特，全部由共和党领导的新国会将于一月正式开始工作，但是我们首先要经历国会“跛脚鸭”会期。

SIEGEL : Scott , the new all-Republican-led Congress will be seated in January , but we 've got to get through the lame-duck session first .

在参议院民主党在失去控制权之前的国会“跛脚鸭”会期期间，还将提名新任总检察长，但是要得到确认可能会更加艰难。

We could also see a new nominee for attorney general during the lame-duck session before Senate Democrats lose their majority and confirmation becomes that much harder .