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
- 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。 - I must admit, that to fulfill my House of Cards longing during the summer of 2014, I cheated a bit and watched the final season of the original British version of the show, House of Cards: the Final Cut.
我必须承认，去年夏天为了满足我自己对《纸牌屋》的期望，我去看了这部剧英国版本的最后一季。 - The regime collapsed like a house of cards.
政权如同纸牌搭的房子般崩溃了。 - 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。 - Finally, the world's greatest house of cards.
终于完成了！世界上最大的纸牌房子！ - '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。 - House of Cards is among Obama's favorite shows.
《纸牌屋》是奥巴马最爱的剧集之一。 - 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。 - 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。 - House of Cards Season 2 will be released in its entirety on February 14.
《纸牌屋》第二季将会在美国时间2月14日一次性放出第二季的全部13集。