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
- WSJ: Do you know how many of Netflix's subscribers watch 'House of Cards'?
《华尔街日报》：你是否知道Netflix订户当中有多少人在看《纸牌屋》？ - 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。 - The whole building will come down like a house of cards.
那样整个房子就会像纸牌一样塌下去。 - Hence, while America was busy creating a financial house of cards, Asians focused on their real economies.
因此，当美国正忙着建造一个不切实际的金融帝国时，亚洲人却把重点放在他们的实体经济上。 - 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。 - 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。 - Most of my Chinese friends have at some point mentioned Big Bang to me; I haven't yet talked about House of Cards.
我的大部分中国朋友都曾经向我提起过《生活大爆炸》；我还没有跟他们讨论过《纸牌屋》。 - 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。 - 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。