英语词汇“to lame-duck it”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

3. lame duck, (a) (see duck n.¹ 9); (b) U.S. Politics, an office-holder who is not, or cannot be, re-elected; spec. (before 1933), a defeated member in the short session of Congress after a November election; also attributive; (c) a ship that is damaged, esp. one left without a means of propulsion; (d) an industry, commercial firm, etc., that cannot survive without financial help, esp. by means of a government subsidy; hence as v. transitive (rare), to help (a disabled person); to lame-duck it: to travel with difficulty; †to come by the lame post: (of news, etc.) to be behind time.

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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] > be delayed

hang1494

stick?a1518

supersede1569

to cool one's heels (also feet, hooves)1576

slow1601

stay1642

retard1646

to come by the lame post1658

to cool one's toes1665

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > in U.S.A. > member of > who cannot be re-elected

lame duck1863

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > damaged vessel

lame duck1876

society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > toilsomely

swinkc1175

labourc1438

toil1563

jaunt1575

strivea1586

tug1619

swog1637

hag1728

flog1925

to lame-duck it1943

trog1984

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > aid, help, or assist [verb (transitive)]

helpc897

filsteOE

filsenc1175

gengc1175

succourc1250

ease1330

to do succourc1374

favour1393

underset1398

supply1428

aid1450

behelp1481

adminiculate?1532

subleve1542

to help a (lame) dog over a stile1546

adjuvate1553

to stand at ——1563

assista1578

opitulate1582

stead1582

bestead1591

help out (also through)1600

serve1629

facilitate1640

auxiliate1656

juvate1708

gammon1753

lame duck1963

piggyback1968

society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > not profitable

lame duck1972

1658 F. Osborne Mem. Reigns Elizabeth & James iii, in Wks. (1673) 469 Till by a lamer Post he was advertised of his being joyfully Proclaimed in London by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen.

1701 T. Mott Let. 3 June in J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσια Revived (1706) ii. 53 Your's of the 24th of May I received, but it had the misfortune to come by the Lame Post, or else you had sooner received an Answer.

1761 H. Walpole Lett. to H. Mann 28 Dec. (1843) I. 60 Do you know what a Bull, and a Bear, and a Lame Duck are?

1863 Congress. Globe 14 Jan. 307/1 In no event..could it [sc. the Court of Claims] be justly obnoxious to the charge of being a receptacle of ‘lame ducks’ or broken down politicians.

1876 C. Chapman First Ten Years Sailor's Life at Sea x. 411 A lame duck on the sea means a ship which has been more or less damaged while crossing the perilous ocean.

1910 N.Y. Evening Post 8 Dec. 8 ‘Lame Duck Alley’..is the name they [sc. reporters] have given to a screened-off corridor in the White House offices, where statesmen who went down in the recent electoral combat may meet.

1922 N.Y. Times 6 Dec. 18/2 Senator Norris is all for the plan ‘to have the convening of Congress moved up to avoid lame-duck Congresses’.

1925 Independent (Boston, Mass.) 21 Feb. 213/1 The proposed Constitutional amendment..has been usually designated as the ‘lame-duck’ amendment.

1932 Times 14 Dec. 13/2 A ‘lame duck’ Administration was in power, and a ‘lame duck’ Congress still in being.

1933 P. A. Eaddy Hull Down xiv. 256 Our old ‘lame duck’ had not done so badly after all.

1943 N. Balchin Small Back Room 70 It's so bloody dangerous lame-ducking it home by yourself.

1963 J. Fowles Collector ii. 213 I want to be his friend and lameduck him in London.

1970 New Yorker 14 Nov. 175/3 My father, with his predilection for lame ducks, was the natural person to try to rescue it.

1972 Economist 26 Aug. 8 The Economist calls lame ducks those industries whose survival is claimed to depend on government subsidy. In the United States a lame duck is a politician whose current term is his last, owing to defeat in a primary or general election, or other reasons.

1973 Times 5 June 22/6 The Government, being at that stage still keen on its lame duck policy, refused to help, and the board went away to have a further think.

1973 Listener 29 Nov. 741/1 It is now the Congress..which will be disposing what a lame duck President may propose.

单词	to lame-duck it
释义	> as lemmas to lame-duck it 3. lame duck, (a) (see duck n.¹ 9); (b) U.S. Politics, an office-holder who is not, or cannot be, re-elected; spec. (before 1933), a defeated member in the short session of Congress after a November election; also attributive; (c) a ship that is damaged, esp. one left without a means of propulsion; (d) an industry, commercial firm, etc., that cannot survive without financial help, esp. by means of a government subsidy; hence as v. transitive (rare), to help (a disabled person); to lame-duck it: to travel with difficulty; †to come by the lame post: (of news, etc.) to be behind time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] > be delayed hang1494 stick?a1518 supersede1569 to cool one's heels (also feet, hooves)1576 slow1601 stay1642 retard1646 to come by the lame post1658 to cool one's toes1665 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > in U.S.A. > member of > who cannot be re-elected lame duck1863 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > damaged vessel lame duck1876 society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > toilsomely swinkc1175 labourc1438 toil1563 jaunt1575 strivea1586 tug1619 swog1637 hag1728 flog1925 to lame-duck it1943 trog1984 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > aid, help, or assist [verb (transitive)] helpc897 filsteOE filsenc1175 gengc1175 succourc1250 ease1330 to do succourc1374 favour1393 underset1398 supply1428 aid1450 behelp1481 adminiculate?1532 subleve1542 to help a (lame) dog over a stile1546 adjuvate1553 to stand at ——1563 assista1578 opitulate1582 stead1582 bestead1591 help out (also through)1600 serve1629 facilitate1640 auxiliate1656 juvate1708 gammon1753 lame duck1963 piggyback1968 society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > not profitable lame duck1972 1658 F. Osborne Mem. Reigns Elizabeth & James iii, in Wks. (1673) 469 Till by a lamer Post he was advertised of his being joyfully Proclaimed in London by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen. 1701 T. Mott Let. 3 June in J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσια Revived (1706) ii. 53 Your's of the 24th of May I received, but it had the misfortune to come by the Lame Post, or else you had sooner received an Answer. 1761 H. Walpole Lett. to H. Mann 28 Dec. (1843) I. 60 Do you know what a Bull, and a Bear, and a Lame Duck are? 1863 Congress. Globe 14 Jan. 307/1 In no event..could it [sc. the Court of Claims] be justly obnoxious to the charge of being a receptacle of ‘lame ducks’ or broken down politicians. 1876 C. Chapman First Ten Years Sailor's Life at Sea x. 411 A lame duck on the sea means a ship which has been more or less damaged while crossing the perilous ocean. 1910 N.Y. Evening Post 8 Dec. 8 ‘Lame Duck Alley’..is the name they [sc. reporters] have given to a screened-off corridor in the White House offices, where statesmen who went down in the recent electoral combat may meet. 1922 N.Y. Times 6 Dec. 18/2 Senator Norris is all for the plan ‘to have the convening of Congress moved up to avoid lame-duck Congresses’. 1925 Independent (Boston, Mass.) 21 Feb. 213/1 The proposed Constitutional amendment..has been usually designated as the ‘lame-duck’ amendment. 1932 Times 14 Dec. 13/2 A ‘lame duck’ Administration was in power, and a ‘lame duck’ Congress still in being. 1933 P. A. Eaddy Hull Down xiv. 256 Our old ‘lame duck’ had not done so badly after all. 1943 N. Balchin Small Back Room 70 It's so bloody dangerous lame-ducking it home by yourself. 1963 J. Fowles Collector ii. 213 I want to be his friend and lameduck him in London. 1970 New Yorker 14 Nov. 175/3 My father, with his predilection for lame ducks, was the natural person to try to rescue it. 1972 Economist 26 Aug. 8 The Economist calls lame ducks those industries whose survival is claimed to depend on government subsidy. In the United States a lame duck is a politician whose current term is his last, owing to defeat in a primary or general election, or other reasons. 1973 Times 5 June 22/6 The Government, being at that stage still keen on its lame duck policy, refused to help, and the board went away to have a further think. 1973 Listener 29 Nov. 741/1 It is now the Congress..which will be disposing what a lame duck President may propose. extracted from lameadj. < as lemmas
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