| 单词 | dead duck |
| 释义 | ˌdead ˈduck noun a dead duck informalFAIL a plan, idea etc that is not worth considering because it is very likely to fail 无价值的事物；很可能失败的计划[主意] He admitted that the whole project was a dead duck. 他承认整个计划毫无价值。Examples from the Corpusdead duck• Whether voters are bored, confused or scared of losing popular services, it seems to be a dead duck.• Recruiting outsiders is a dead duck for the moment; another five years of failure and the time may yet come.• Competition climbing is laughable in this country, and is probably a dead duck anyway.• In April Harold Wilson admitted what everyone else already knew: the Bill was a dead duck.ˌdead ˈduck nounChineseSyllable that Corpus etc idea is plan, a not |
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