house of cards
英 [ˌhaʊs əv ˈkɑːdz]
美 [ˌhaʊs əv ˈkɑːrdz]
n. 不可靠的计划; 摇摇欲坠的组织; 用纸牌搭成的房子
牛津词典
noun
- 不可靠的计划；摇摇欲坠的组织
a plan, an organization, etc. that is so badly arranged that it could easily fail - 用纸牌搭成的房子
a structure built out of playing cards
英英释义
noun
- an unstable construction with playing cards
- he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed
- a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control
- his proposal was nothing but a house of cards
- a real estate bubble
双语例句
- I think that the Chinese leadership has this notion that their own house of cards has a better chance of survival if they give support to other houses of cards.
我认为中国的领导有这一观念：如果他们支持其他的脆弱国家，那么他们自己的脆弱国家有更好的生存机会。 - His authority in society and even in his own home was collapsing like a house of cards!
而且无论在社会上，在家庭中，他的威权又已处处露着败象，成了总崩溃！ - At the 2013 Emmy Awards, House of Cards picked up three statues and shook up the race.
在2013年艾美奖颁奖礼上，《纸牌屋》拿下了三座奖杯表现不俗。 - Our lives are like a house of cards.
生活就像是一个纸牌搭成的房子。 - Speculative fever creates new avenues of excess until the house of cards collapses.
投机热情催生新的过度途径，直到纸牌搭建的房子坍塌。 - The whole building will come down like a house of cards.
那样整个房子就会像纸牌一样塌下去。 - Finally, the world's greatest house of cards.
终于完成了！世界上最大的纸牌房子！ - The reign of House Of Cards may be short-lived.
《纸牌屋》的统治也许很短命。 - I must admit, that to fulfill my House of Cards longing during the summer of 2014, I cheated a bit and watched the final season of the original British version of the show, House of Cards: the Final Cut.
我必须承认，去年夏天为了满足我自己对《纸牌屋》的期望，我去看了这部剧英国版本的最后一季。 - But the Federation is like a house of cards: disturb one and the whole structure wobbles.
但是这个联合会就像纸牌搭的房子，只要动一动某一方，整个机构就会跟着颤动起来。