be lame

基本解释

Food and coffee in these suburbs can be lame, especially the coffee.
那些郊区的食物和咖啡会很差，特别是咖啡。
But if it have a blemish, or be lame, or blind, or in any part disfigured or feeble, it shall not be sacrificed to the Lord thy God.
但如果这牲畜有残缺、或腿瘸、或瞎眼、或有任何缺点、你不可祭献给上主你的天主。
As the story goes, the gang was putting on a show in the barn, but the neighborhood kids were reluctant to pay the penny admission, fearing that the show might be lame.
“当你离开时再付钱”。按照这个故事的发展，当他们把演出放在谷仓里，附近的孩子不愿意支付一分钱，因为他们担心这场演出不好看。

I'm sure there are games that advocate a certain political issue, but they're generally going to be lame games, and if they're no fun to play, they're not really going to be effective.
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