Two of the fireworks in the box were duds.
盒子里的烟火有两个是点不着的废品。
a dud battery
废电池
a dud cheque (= written by sb who has not enough money in their bank account)
空头支票
He replaced a dud valve.
他换掉了坏阀门。
Your mortar barrage round on the intended target. That round will be a dud.
迫击炮弹幕只有一发能命中目标, 这一发通常是哑弹.
The meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned.
从新业务的角度来看,这次会议毫无收获.
He stepped on a dud mine.
他踩到了一颗哑雷上.
In offices, the arguments for the token dud are even stronger.
在办公场所, 支持这种“平庸”的论点更加有力.
Any buildup in bad loans and dud projects could weigh down growth and public finances.
如果出现大量坏帐和失败项目,将对经济增长和公共财政带来压力.
The crucial round is a dud.
至关重要的炮弹总是哑弹.
We lit the firecracker and waited for it to go off, but a dud.
我们点燃了炮竹然后等它爆炸, 但是失败了.
The OS is truly wonderful, and we're fools to have mistaken it for a dud.
他们的潜台词:这是个很棒的操作系统, 把它看作废物的人都是大笨蛋.
During yesterday's sham battle, party A fired a dud.
赤壁之战, 大火延烧了几天,敌军伤亡大半.
That allowed the banks to release some of the reserves set aside to cover dud loans.
这样一来,银行可以动用(释放)部分用于弥补不良贷款损失的准备金.
The defining characteristic of a true dud is that he or she resists improvement staunchly.
真正的庸才最典型的特点是:他或她会坚决抵制进步.
They spent most of 2009 on the sidelines , as fretted about their capital ratios and dud assets.
当羁系者为银行巨头们的资本率和有毒资产伤透头脑时,巨头们在09年的大多时间里便是搞搞副业了.
The shells are of poor quality, there is another dud here.
这批子弹质量真差, 这又是一颗瞎火.
Pyongyang's last nuclear weapons trial, you'll recall, was a dud.
你会记得, 平壤上一次核武器试验是一个哑弹.
That allowed the banks to release some of the aside to cover dud loans.
这使得银行可以释放一些储备金来冲抵不良贷款.
This battery is a dud.
这电池是废的.
The whole plan turned out to be a dud.
整个计划到头来完全失败了.
The new manager is a complete dud.
新经理完全是个废物.
Even more important, dud teachers encourage students to be resourceful.
更重要的是, “差”老师能让学生更善于思考.
He replaced a dud valve.
他换掉了坏阀门。
The mine was a dud.
矿井废弃了。
These are me clean duds for meetin' Rosebud at the station.
出自：S. L. Elliott