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
- 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。 - Our lives are like a house of cards.
生活就像是一个纸牌搭成的房子。 - 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。 - 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。 - I'm afraid you've been building a house of cards; no one is going to help you in a scheme like that.
恐怕你一直在考虑的计划是不可靠的空中楼阁，没人会帮助你去搞那样的一个计划。 - 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。 - His authority in society and even in his own home was collapsing like a house of cards!
而且无论在社会上，在家庭中，他的威权又已处处露着败象，成了总崩溃！ - 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。