| 词汇 | sitting-duck |
| 释义 | sitting duck noun[ C ] uk /ˌsɪt.ɪŋ ˈdʌk/ us /ˌsɪt̬.ɪŋ ˈdʌk/ someone or something that is very easy for an enemy to shoot or attack: 活靶子；易被击中的目标；易受攻击的对象 With their bullets all gone, the soldiers were sitting ducks for the enemy.子弹全打光了，战士们成了敌人的活靶子。 Weakness and vulnerability Achilles heel asthenia at a low ebbidiom atonic atony fragile fragility frail glass jaw helpless shakily shakiness shaky sitting target soft target weakling weakly weakness weedy wetly sitting duck | American Dictionarysitting duck noun[ C ] us/ˈsɪt̬·ɪŋ ˈdʌk/ a person or thing in a situation that is easy to attack: A car without side-impact airbags is a sitting duck if it’s hit broadside by an SUV. Examples of sitting ducksitting duck The reason he is a sittingduck is that the insurance that he carries is compulsory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We know that any helicopter that flies in is a sittingduck for any artillery on the hillsides. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I fear that we are becoming a sittingduck. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That would turn our crowded island into a sittingduck. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The pinchpenny local authorities regard education as a sittingduck. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The helicopter is a sittingduck unless we already have air superiority. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The area will be a sittingduck for another congestion zone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, in a sense, the industry is a sittingduck for the fainthearted, for the politically expedient and for the vested interest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The motorist in this context is a sittingduck. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are a sittingduck. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The problem is that the disposal is not restricted to subsidiaries, there can be disposal to a single subsidiary which would then be a sittingduck for privatisation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was a sittingduck. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It presented a "sittingduck" for politicians to aim at, particularly politicians representing urban constituencies who in the past few months, together with others, have done much criticising. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With the exception of the gained damage reduction and increased armor class, an aboleth out of water is a sittingduck. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Any five-eighth standing close will look like a sittingduck to the flanker, who is therefore keyed up to flatten him. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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