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lame UNABLE TO WALKleImadj-r, -st (esp. of animals) not able to walk correctly because of physical injury to or weakness in the legs or feet(尤指动物)瘸的Infection in this part of the foot can make the horse (go) permanently lame.脚的这一部分受感染会使马终身残废的。A lame duck is someone or something that is not effective at what they do.无能的人,无用之物His recovery strategy does not mean old-style intervention which just throws money at lame ducks.他的补偿策略并非把钱扔给无能之辈的旧式调停。A lame duck chief justice cannot make many changes in the judicial system.无能的大法官无法使司法体系有多大改变。In American politics, a lame duck is a person who has had an elected position and who is not elected again.落选官员We hope our governor will be a lame duck after election day.我们希望州长在选举日后落选。
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