| 单词 | lame duck |
| 释义 | lame duck —lame-duck, adj. 1. an elected official or group of officials, as a legislator, continuing in office during the period between an election defeat and a successor's assumption of office. 2. a president who is completing a term of office and chooses not to run or is ineligible to run for reelection. 3. a person finishing a term of employment after a replacement has been chosen. 4. anything soon to be supplanted by another that is more efficient, economical, etc. 5. a person or thing that is disabled, helpless, ineffective, or inefficient. 6. a person who has lost a great deal of money in speculations on the stock market. [1755-65] |
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