dead duck

英 [ded dʌk] 美 [ded dʌk]

n.  注定要失败的人(或事物)



柯林斯词典

  1. N-COUNT 注定要失败的人(或事物)
    If you describe someone or something as a dead duck, you are emphasizing that you think they have absolutely no chance of succeeding.
    1. The government is a dead duck.
      这个政府注定要垮台。

双语例句

  1. The government is a dead duck.
    这个政府注定要垮台。
  2. If you stay here, you're a dead duck.
    你要是待在这儿,肯定会有麻烦的。
  3. The vet looked at the woman and said," I'm sorry, but as I said, this is most definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead duck. "
    兽医看着女士说,“对不起,像我说的一样,的的确确,百分之百可以开证明的,一个死鸭子。”
  4. The plan is a dead duck: there is no money.
    计划告吹了,因为没有钱。
  5. He tried to speak, lifted a hand, and let it drop like a dead duck.
    他想说点什么,举起一只手,却又把它象只死鸭子似地垂下来。
  6. After women obtained the right to vote, the suffragette movement became a dead duck in Britain.
    妇女获得选举权后,鼓吹妇女参政的妇女运动,在英国成了不能再引起人们举趣的问题了。
  7. The pitiful wolf was convinced by himself that there must be a dead chicken or duck under the ice and couldn't wait to feast himself.
    它想下面一定是一只死鸡或是死鸭,这回可要饱食一顿了。
  8. People don't want to know, peter. it's a dead duck.
    人们是不会想了解的,彼特,这条信息没用。
  9. His plan to run for the presidency is now a dead duck.
    他竞选总统的计划现在泡汤了。
  10. I'm a dead duck if I don't pass my chemistry examination.
    要是没通过化学考试的话,我死定了。
  11. You do that and I'm a dead duck.
    你要这么着,我就将死了。
  12. I'm not safe there. I'm a dead duck there.
    那里不安全,我无能为力。
  13. Isolation of bacteria from dead duck embryos and disinfectant inhibition test
    鸭死胚细菌分离及消毒剂抑菌试验
  14. Two strains of gram-negative bacteria ( Kh1, Kh2) were isolated from liver, spleen and heart-blood of affected and dead duck in a duck farm. This disease was identified by systematically morphology observations, biochemical characterization test.
    对病死鸭的肝脏、脾脏、心血等组织中分离到2株革兰氏阴性小杆菌(Kh1、Kh2)进行了系统诊断、病原形态学检查、生化试验,确诊为鸭传染性浆膜炎。
  15. A strain of virus, which was suspected to be duck hepatitis virus ( DHV), was isolated from the diseased and dead ducks on the duck farm in Raohe County of Heilongjiang Province.
    从黑龙江省某鸭场疑似鸭病毒性肝炎(DVH)的发病雏鸭肝等组织中分离到1株病毒HDⅠ株。

英英释义

noun

  1. something doomed to failure
    1. he finally admitted that the legislation was a dead duck
    2. the idea of another TV channel is now a dead duck
    3. as theories go, that's a dead duck