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
- This is a house of cards waiting to fall down. And it eventually does.
他们就像一个摇摇欲坠的纸房子，最终真的就轰然倒塌。 - Our lives are like a house of cards.
生活就像是一个纸牌搭成的房子。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Finally, the world's greatest house of cards.
终于完成了！世界上最大的纸牌房子！ - 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。 - 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 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。 - 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。