duds

英 [dʌdz]

美 [dʌdz]

n.  不中用的东西; 废物; 衣裳
dud的复数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 不中用的;失灵的;出故障的
  Dudmeans not working properly or not successful.
  1. He replaced a dud valve.
     他换掉了坏阀门。
  2. Dudis also a noun.
     
  3. The mine was a dud.
     矿井废弃了。

英英释义

noun

• informal terms for clothing
  Synonym:togsthreads

双语例句

• The women took slightly longer than the men to react to jokes that were funny-but were quicker to spot duds.
  但男性的情况却不同，他们似乎从最开始就对卡通画的趣味性抱有很大期待。女性对有趣的笑话的反应时间比男性略长，但却能更快识破冷笑话。
• The first is to try, through training and a mixture of stick and carrot, to convert duds into non-duds.
  首先是尝试通过培训以及“大棒和胡萝卜”相结合的政策，让这些庸才发生改变。
• The list is a depressingly long one. They all seemed like sensible ideas at the time, although with hindsight they were obvious duds.
  这个单子长得让人压抑，它们当时看起来似乎都是明智的点子，但回想起来就觉得毫无新意。
• Hitherto, Malaysian companies have had a remarkable record of picking duds when they buy foreign firms.
  迄今为之，马来西亚的公司在收购外国公司上拥有着一个值得注意的记录：选中垃圾公司。
• The third option is to muddle through, shedding a few duds and tolerating the rest.
  第三种选择是得过且过，裁掉几个庸才，容忍其他的。
• But after today, the question that has long dogged Google whether it can innovate in the social space and not just develop creative duds should be put to rest.
  谷歌除了开发一些虽颇具创意但毫无价值的小玩意，到底是否具备社交领域的创新能力？从今往后，这个一直笼罩在谷歌头上的疑问，应该可以寿终正寝了。
• One quick way to change your duds: invite friends over for a closet swap, to which everyone brings a few items they want to trade.
  一个迅速改变衣服的方法：邀请你的朋友参加一个衣服交换活动，每个人都带一些各自象交换的衣服。
• But what matters is that those that have-YouTube, maps, the Chrome browser and Android, for example& have more than compensated for the duds, and they have kept Google at the forefront of the tech industry for years.
  它们弥补了谷歌偶尔的失败，并让谷歌多年来一直都走在科技领域的最前沿。
• For workout duds, he wears basic T-shirts and shorts with cross-trainers.
  他锻炼时穿的行头是最简单的T恤、短裤和运动鞋。
• It takes hard graft, patience, plenty of duds, and instinct.
  它要求极为努力的工作、耐心、大量失败、还有直觉。