spent force

spent force

美 　英

• 网络强弩之末；不再有权力或影响力的人

例句

But the Kennedy family seems to be something of a spent force.

但肯尼迪家族似乎已是一股过气的政治力量。

But ElBaradei said he did not think the protests have become a spent force, but worried that the situation will become more violent.

但巴拉迪表示，他不认为抗议活动已经成强弩之末，但担心事态会更趋暴力。

Some people seem to think Renault is a spent force in this championship. That is far from the case.

一些人似乎认为雷诺在这场比赛中已经是精疲力竭了，但实际上情况却并非如此。

That is not to say the unions are a spent force: their strong public-sector membership makes strikes particularly disruptive.

这并不是说工会已是强弩之末：他们强有力的公职身份使得罢工特别有破坏力。

Consumers are not the spent force they are elsewhere so there ought to be some pent-up demand.

消费者的购买力也不是别处一般的强弩之末，所以应该存在一些被压抑的需求可以释放。

In truth, though, the king was a spent force, and the real ruler of the land was Prince Edward, later Edward III.

尽管实际上，国王只是没有实权的力量，而真正的统治者是爱德华王子，即后来的爱德华三世。

Some political leaders have publicly written Jordanian- born Zarqawi off as a spent force , and he has kept a low profile recently .

一些政治领导人一直认为约旦出生的扎卡维是过时的力量，而他也在最近一直保持低调。

Mr Wu is a spent force in politics and can obviously afford to be different.

在政治上，吴邦国已不再是实权人物，显然可以与众不同。

Perhaps Mr Mugabe considered his white predecessor a spent force; more serious opponents were put down brutally.

可能穆加贝（Mugabe）认为他的白人前辈是一支精疲力竭的力量；更多重要的对手被残忍的镇压了。

The ruble and the financial markets collapsed, and Yeltsin was a spent force.

卢布和经济一起垮台，叶利钦是消费者。

"Wen is a spent force, " said a person with close contacts in the upper levels of the Chinese government.

“温家宝已经筋疲力尽了，”一名与中国政府高层联系紧密的人士说。

Judging by the media reaction after the 1-0 defeat last week, United were already a spent force. Written off, and in crisis.

看看上周0-1输给伯恩利之后媒体都说了什么，曼联甚至已经被排除在夺冠球队之外了。

The latter is almost a spent force.

后者几乎是强弩之末。

When I came to Beijing, contemporary art also had spent force. In the latter half of 2008, global financial crisis arose.

我来北京的时候，当代艺术市场也正是强弩之末了，2008年下半年出现了全球金融危机。

There is already concern among G8 organisers that George W. Bush, the US president, is a spent force.

八国峰会的组织者已经在担心，美国总统乔治•布什（GeorgeW.Bush）已经过气了。

They are not yet a spent force, but time is running out for them very quickly.

他们还未到强弩之末，但是时机在快速驱离他们。