English Dictionary

lame duck

名詞

口語 アメリカ英語 古風 俗語

(colloquial) A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient, or disabled.

日本語の意味

無力で効率の悪い人物または物 / 無能で役割を果たせない存在 / 機能不全に陥っている、もたない存在

After losing the mayoral election, he became a lame duck in city hall, ignored by colleagues and constituents alike.

市長選に敗れて以来、彼は市役所で影響力のない存在になり、同僚や有権者から無視されていた。

意味（1）

(colloquial) A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient, or disabled.

Thus is happens, that, when a considerable loss arises from such contract, the principal on whole behalf it was made, refuses to fulfil it; in this case, the loss falls upon the broker, without remedy; and if he does not fulfil the contract in default of his prinicipal, he foreits his credit and business, and becomes, in the cant of the Alley, a lame duck.

意味（2）

(US, politics) An elected official who has lost the recent election or is not eligible for reelection and is marking time until leaving office.

Congressman Jones was a lame duck and did not vote on many issues that were important to his constituents.

意味（3）

(finance, slang, dated) A person who cannot fulfill their contracts.

lame ducks （ plural ）