duds

英 [dʌdz]

美 [dʌdz]

n.  不中用的东西; 废物; 衣裳
dud的复数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 不中用的;失灵的;出故障的
  Dudmeans not working properly or not successful.
  1. He replaced a dud valve.
     他换掉了坏阀门。
  2. Dudis also a noun.
     
  3. The mine was a dud.
     矿井废弃了。

英英释义

noun

• informal terms for clothing
  Synonym:togsthreads

双语例句

• Hitherto, Malaysian companies have had a remarkable record of picking duds when they buy foreign firms.
  迄今为之，马来西亚的公司在收购外国公司上拥有着一个值得注意的记录：选中垃圾公司。
• No matter what they tell you, it's not free money, and no matter how high the limit, you shouldn't go blow it all on designer duds and a fancy vacation.
  无论他们告诉你什么，它不是免费的，并且无论她告诉你最高限额是多少，你不应该搞砸所有设计师设计的衣服和高档度假。
• But what matters is that those that have-YouTube, maps, the Chrome browser and Android, for example& have more than compensated for the duds, and they have kept Google at the forefront of the tech industry for years.
  它们弥补了谷歌偶尔的失败，并让谷歌多年来一直都走在科技领域的最前沿。
• Two of the fireworks in the box were duds.
  盒子里的烟火有两个是坏的。
• All those clever, competitive people in a hothouse together without a few duds to discourage them from inventing derivatives so complicated that no one could understand them.
  所有那些聪敏的、有竞争力的人都聚在一个温室，但没有几个“庸才”来阻止这些人发明如此复杂、无人能够参透的金融衍生品。
• The first is to try, through training and a mixture of stick and carrot, to convert duds into non-duds.
  首先是尝试通过培训以及“大棒和胡萝卜”相结合的政策，让这些庸才发生改变。
• People want BMWs to show they are rich; now they want matching-couples labeling to show they are in relationships, said Ms. Sun. And ultimately, matching duds is a way for people to feel secure, she said.
  她说，人们希望开宝马来显示自己的富有；现在又希望穿着情侣装来显示自己不是单身；归根到底，穿情侣装还是为了满足人们的安全感。
• Of the many bombs that were found, several turned out to be duds.
  在所发现的许多炸弹中，有一些已失效。
• But after today, the question that has long dogged Google whether it can innovate in the social space and not just develop creative duds should be put to rest.
  谷歌除了开发一些虽颇具创意但毫无价值的小玩意，到底是否具备社交领域的创新能力？从今往后，这个一直笼罩在谷歌头上的疑问，应该可以寿终正寝了。
• Up to 30 percent of the artillery shells fired never went off, experts say. Some were duds, but many simply slid deep into the mud without exploding.
  据专家估计，多达30%的炮弹在发射后没有爆炸。其中有一些是哑弹，但还有很多是因为淤陷泥中而未能正常引爆。