1 N-COUNT [oft NOUN n] 不中用的人（或物）；废物；草包 If you describe someone or something as a lame duck, you are critical of them because they are not successful and need to be helped a lot. 不中用的人（或物）；废物；草包 [disapproval]
2 N-COUNT [usually NOUN n] （因任期将满等）无实权的官员（或政府） If you refer to a politician or a government as a lame duck, you mean that they have little real power, for example because their period of office is coming to an end. （因任期将满等）无实权的官员（或政府）
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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。
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...a lame duck government.
即将届满卸任的无实权政府
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