dead duck

英 [ded dʌk]

美 [ded dʌk]

n.  注定要失败的人(或事物)

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 注定要失败的人（或事物）
  If you describe someone or something as adead 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。

英英释义

noun

• 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

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• The government is a dead duck.
  这个政府注定要垮台。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The plan is a dead duck: there is no money.
  计划告吹了，因为没有钱。