Thanks to the lack of market research, the project was a dead duck right from the start.由于缺少市场调查,这个项目从一开始就先天不足。The government is a dead duck.这个政府注定要垮台。He admitted that the whole project was a dead duck.他承认整个计划毫无价值。The government is a dead duck.这个政府注定要完蛋了。The expansion plans are an economic and environmental dead duck.这次的扩张计划在经济和环境方面都注定会失败。