布什成了“跛腳鴨”?! [ 2006-11-14 15:27 ]
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。這對共和黨人布什來說,可謂一大重創。他已成為名副其實的“lame
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選的官員。
請看外電相關報道: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”在此是政治術語,指“任期將滿而又不能重新當選的官員,尤指第二任期行將結束的總統”。
美國總統任期是四年,可競選連任一次。如果一位總統干到第六年,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“lame
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。
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