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 - 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
- he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed
- a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control
- his proposal was nothing but a house of cards
- a real estate bubble
双语例句
- I think that the Chinese leadership has this notion that their own house of cards has a better chance of survival if they give support to other houses of cards.
我认为中国的领导有这一观念：如果他们支持其他的脆弱国家，那么他们自己的脆弱国家有更好的生存机会。 - In 2013, Netflix became the first non-TV network to win an Emmy for the series House of Cards.
2013年，Netflix公司凭借剧集《纸牌屋》，成为首家赢得艾美奖（Emmy）的非电视网络机构。 - The child tried to build a house of cards but it soon fell over.
这孩子试着用牌搭一所房子，可是它一会儿就倒坍了。 - House of Cards is among Obama's favorite shows.
《纸牌屋》是奥巴马最爱的剧集之一。 - Most of my Chinese friends have at some point mentioned Big Bang to me; I haven't yet talked about House of Cards.
我的大部分中国朋友都曾经向我提起过《生活大爆炸》；我还没有跟他们讨论过《纸牌屋》。 - The regime collapsed like a house of cards.
政权如同纸牌搭的房子般崩溃了。 - The Fed is worried about a collapsing house of cards.
美联储担忧的是，一个失败的不切实际无法实现的计划。 - 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！ - 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。 - 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。