A defective used car (" lemon ") is generally the result of untraceable actions, like the owners driving style, maintenance habits and accidents.

一台有缺陷的二手车(“柠檬”)，其缺陷的成因往往难以追溯，比如车主的驾驶行为、维护习惯和事故等。

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Not until several days later did he find the car he bought was a lemon.

几天以后他才发现他买的车是个蹩脚货。

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My first car, a beat-up old Mustang, was a lemon — sometimes it felt like I spent more time awaiting roadside assistance than I spent driving it.

我的第一部车是一辆破旧的Mustang，真是够破的，有时候我觉得我花在路边等待援助的时间比我开车的时间还要长。

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Critics compared the model's most distinctive styling element, a vertical grille with a large oval in the center, to a horse collar or a car sucking a lemon.

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Clint Bolick, head of the Alliance for School Choice, one of the organizations supporting this suit, compared the old solution to a car company's selling a lemon to a buyer and being rewarded with more money.

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Your hosts can also open doors to hard-to-visit wineries, custom-stock your already well-stuffed (and free) minibar, book a chef to prepare dinner in your room, or--in my case--badger a rental car company into swapping out a lemon and delivering the replacement.

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