美國中期選舉塵埃落定，民主黨重掌參眾兩院而且奪得了參議院的控制權(quán)。這對共和黨人布什來說，可謂一大重創(chuàng)。他已成為名副其實的“l(fā)ame duck”（字面意：跛腳鴨；比喻義：失去影響力的窘境），即任期將滿不能重新當(dāng)選的官員。
請看外電相關(guān)報道：The Democrats won 51-49 in the Senate and a majority of at least 30 seats in the House of Representatives, crippling President George W. Bush and making him a lame duck as he enters his last two years in his second term.
“Lame duck”在此是政治術(shù)語，指“任期將滿而又不能重新當(dāng)選的官員，尤指第二任期行將結(jié)束的總統(tǒng)”。
美國總統(tǒng)任期是四年，可競選連任一次。如果一位總統(tǒng)干到第六年，那么明擺著他是快要離開白宮了，這時手下的官員可能不再那么買他的帳。對于布什而言，中期選舉慘敗，參眾兩院已不在他的控制之下，此時的他，的的確確成了一名處境窘迫的“l(fā)ame duck”。
看例句：The governor of our state ended up as a lame duck when he lost the election. He still has six weeks left in office but there's nothing to do except to pack up his papers. （我們州的州長競選連任失敗，即將離任。他的任期還剩六個星期，除了整理文件以外也沒什么事可干了。
請看外電相關(guān)報道：The Democrats won 51-49 in the Senate and a majority of at least 30 seats in the House of Representatives, crippling President George W. Bush and making him a lame duck as he enters his last two years in his second term.
“Lame duck”在此是政治術(shù)語，指“任期將滿而又不能重新當(dāng)選的官員，尤指第二任期行將結(jié)束的總統(tǒng)”。
美國總統(tǒng)任期是四年，可競選連任一次。如果一位總統(tǒng)干到第六年，那么明擺著他是快要離開白宮了，這時手下的官員可能不再那么買他的帳。對于布什而言，中期選舉慘敗，參眾兩院已不在他的控制之下，此時的他，的的確確成了一名處境窘迫的“l(fā)ame duck”。
看例句：The governor of our state ended up as a lame duck when he lost the election. He still has six weeks left in office but there's nothing to do except to pack up his papers. （我們州的州長競選連任失敗，即將離任。他的任期還剩六個星期，除了整理文件以外也沒什么事可干了。