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

• The plan is a dead duck: there is no money.
  计划告吹了，因为没有钱。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The government is a dead duck.
  这个政府注定要垮台。
• 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。
• You do that and I'm a dead duck.
  你要这么着，我就将死了。
• 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 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。”
• If you stay here, you're a dead duck.
  你要是待在这儿，肯定会有麻烦的。