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
- Our401Ks, pension funds, IRAs, and Roths are built on a house of cards, but it is too late: we're trapped in the game.
我们的401K、养老基金、个人养老账户建立在一个空中楼阁之上，太晚了：我们被套在这个游戏中了。 - 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。 - The regime collapsed like a house of cards.
政权如同纸牌搭的房子般崩溃了。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Unlike House of Cards, Big Bang doesn't get loads of press for its popularity in China.
与《纸牌屋》不同，《生活大爆炸》并没有因为它在中国备受欢迎而受到媒体连篇累牍的报道。 - House of Cards 'was also a critical sensation, winning three primetime Emmys and a Golden Globe.
《纸牌屋》在评论界也引起了轰动，赢得三个黄金时段艾美奖和一个金球奖。 - 'House of Cards' is only going to go a second season and I think thats it, Cleveland told Gold Derby.
克利夫兰对GoldDerby网站表示：《纸牌屋》只有两季，我也觉得差不多了。 - 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。