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house of cards

英 [ˌhaʊs əv ˈkɑːdz]

美 [ˌhaʊs əv ˈkɑːrdz]

n.  不可靠的计划; 摇摇欲坠的组织; 用纸牌搭成的房子

牛津词典

    noun

    • 不可靠的计划;摇摇欲坠的组织
      a plan, an organization, etc. that is so badly arranged that it could easily fail
      1. 用纸牌搭成的房子
        a structure built out of playing cards

        英英释义

        noun

        • an unstable construction with playing cards
          1. he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed
          Synonym:cardhousecard-housecardcastle
        • a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control
          1. his proposal was nothing but a house of cards
          2. a real estate bubble
          Synonym:bubble

        双语例句

        • I'm afraid you've been building a house of cards; no one is going to help you in a scheme like that.
          恐怕你一直在考虑的计划是不可靠的空中楼阁,没人会帮助你去搞那样的一个计划。
        • House of Cards is adding a pair of aces to its Season 2 deck.
          《纸牌屋》第二季中会出现一对王牌演员。
        • Speculative fever creates new avenues of excess until the house of cards collapses.
          投机热情催生新的过度途径,直到纸牌搭建的房子坍塌。
        • At the 2013 Emmy Awards, House of Cards picked up three statues and shook up the race.
          在2013年艾美奖颁奖礼上,《纸牌屋》拿下了三座奖杯表现不俗。
        • Finally, the world's greatest house of cards.
          终于完成了!世界上最大的纸牌房子!
        • The whole building will come down like a house of cards.
          那样整个房子就会像纸牌一样塌下去。
        • Our lives are like a house of cards.
          生活就像是一个纸牌搭成的房子。
        • From one house of cards to another, as it were.
          从某种程度上说,这不过是从一个摇摇晃晃的纸牌房子转到了另一个而已。
        • His authority in society and even in his own home was collapsing like a house of cards!
          而且无论在社会上,在家庭中,他的威权又已处处露着败象,成了总崩溃!
        • The reign of House Of Cards may be short-lived.
          《纸牌屋》的统治也许很短命。