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单词 sitting duck
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sitting duck
noun[C]
uk
/ˌsɪt.ɪŋ ˈdʌk/us
/ˌsɪt̬.ɪŋ ˈdʌk/
someone or something that is veryeasyfor anenemytoshootorattack:
活靶子；易被击中的目标；易受攻击的对象
Withtheirbulletsall gone, thesoldiersweresittingducksfor theenemy.子弹全打光了，战士们成了敌人的活靶子。
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(Definition ofsitting duckfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

sitting duck| American Dictionary

sitting duck
noun[C]
us/ˈsɪt̬·ɪŋ ˈdʌk/
apersonor thing in asituationthat iseasytoattack:
Acarwithout side-impactairbagsis a sitting duck if it’shitbroadsideby anSUV.
(Definition ofsitting duckfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The reason he is asittingduckis that the insurance that he carries is compulsory.
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We know that any helicopter that flies in is asittingduckfor any artillery on the hillsides.
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I fear that we are becoming asittingduck.
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That would turn our crowded island into asittingduck.
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The pinchpenny local authorities regard education as asittingduck.
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The helicopter is asittingduckunless we already have air superiority.
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The area will be asittingduckfor another congestion zone.
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Therefore, in a sense, the industry is asittingduckfor the fainthearted, for the politically expedient and for the vested interest.
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The motorist in this context is asittingduck.
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We are asittingduck.
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The problem is that the disposal is not restricted to subsidiaries, there can be disposal to a single subsidiary which would then be asittingduckfor privatisation.
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He was asittingduck.
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It presented a "sittingduck" for politicians to aim at, particularly politicians representing urban constituencies who in the past few months, together with others, have done much criticising.
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With the exception of the gained damage reduction and increased armor class, an aboleth out of water is asittingduck.
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Any five-eighth standing close will look like asittingduckto the flanker, who is therefore keyed up to flatten him.
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