单词lame duck
n.: 不太成功而需要帮助的人（或机构）；“跛脚鸭”
网络: 跛鸭；不中用的人；无用的人
不太成功而需要帮助的人（或机构）；“跛脚鸭”:
a person or an organization that is not very successful and that needs help
（不能继续连任的）即将届满卸任的从政者（或政府）；“跛脚鸭”:
a politician or government whose period of office will soon end and who will not be elected again
战斗受伤的飞机
违约除名者
名存实亡
避开
无力履行财政债务的股票投机者
〔美国〕不能再竞选连任的总统
〔美国〕(任期快满未再当选而暂时留守的)即将去职的官员[议员]
残废者,不中用的人[物]
无能的人
I"ve made it clear going back over the summer that stopping all of the tax hikes was one of our main priorities for this lame-duck session.
今年夏季的时候我已经说的很清楚，要停止所有赋税增加，这是我们在这次跛脚鸭会议上要优先考虑的事情。
It would be wrong for a lame duck in Washington to tie the hands of the next administration on such matters.
布什这位“跛脚鸭”不能在这些问题上束缚住下届政府的手脚。
He would then be a lame duck for the next three years and America would be a lame power.
随后的三年，奥巴马会成为一个有名无实的总统，而美国的强国地位也将大打折扣。
Moreover, by the time the lame-duck session begins, Republicans are likely to be emboldened by their expected electoral gains.
此外，随着“lame-duck”时期的开始，共和党人可能会因为预期的选举胜利而提高底气。
But he did not specifically pledge a vote during a coming lame-duck session of on offshore drilling controls.
但是，他并没有特别许诺在即将到来的新老议员交替时期，发起关于控制海底钻探的表决案。
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。
For a lame-duck president not known for gifted oratory, that might be a welcome statistic.
对一位毫无演讲天赋的跛脚鸭总统来说，这或许是个令人欣慰的统计。
Mr Wolfowitz has lost that confidence and will not be able to restore it in the three years remaining in his lame-duck tenure.
沃尔福威茨失去了这种信任，也不可能在残余的三年任期内重新赢得这种信任。
Peter Mandelson may have evoked memories of the Heath era when he insisted that the motor industry was "not a lame duck" .
彼得·曼德尔森或许唤醒了人们对于“荒芜时代”的回忆，当时他坚持称汽车工业并不是“跛鸭子”（无望的）。
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。