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
- WSJ: Do you know how many of Netflix's subscribers watch 'House of Cards'?
《华尔街日报》：你是否知道Netflix订户当中有多少人在看《纸牌屋》？ - Hence, while America was busy creating a financial house of cards, Asians focused on their real economies.
因此，当美国正忙着建造一个不切实际的金融帝国时，亚洲人却把重点放在他们的实体经济上。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 '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。 - 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。 - The regime collapsed like a house of cards.
政权如同纸牌搭的房子般崩溃了。 - Otherwise the entire system falls apart. It's basically a house of cards.
否则，整个系统就会分崩离析&那样的话，系统就只是一栋有着多张门卡的房子。