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sitting duck

坐着的鸭子,坐立不安的鸭子,坐鸭子,坐而论道的鸭子

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a helpless or easy target or victim: a sitting duck for shady financial schemes.

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Examples

  • At night though, their behavior practically turns them into sitting ducks.

  • And it might be what Islamists complain about while sitting in their caves.

  • And there are these three or four very mean Mexicans sitting next to us.

  • The user fee on duck stamps goes exclusively to funding federal acquisition of wetlands as wildlife habitat.

  • Elle magazine shot an editorial in September, one picture revealing a teacup pig sitting pretty by a mini Tyler Alexandra bag.

  • The Federal Duck Stamp Act raised the fee on stamps needed to hunt waterfowl on federal land from $15 to $25.

  • It was no wonder that he felt quite at home in the duck-pond, which was made for web-footed folk.

  • It is to be feared that the attractions of the house-dinner were not the sole inducement to many of those sitting there.

  • He chiefly divided his time between the House of Lords and sitting at home, lamenting over his own ill-starred existence.

  • In the centre of the room is an oval table; some dozen men are sitting at it; as many more stand behind their chairs.

  • Outside the hotel he came upon the two sisters sitting on a bench and drinking coffee.