wild goose chase
基本解释
- 徒劳的搜索;劳而无功的事
英汉例句
- The boss sent me on a wild goose chase that wasted half the day.
老板给了我一项成功无望的任务,浪费了我大半天的时间。
baike.ef.com.cn - The Afghan strategy review has been too public and taken too long; the Middle East peace hunt has become a wild goose chase.
阿富汗战略回顾过于高调并耗时过长,寻求中东和平的努力变得徒劳无功。 - Why haven't authorities, having spent millions of dollars, including a lot spent on the wild goose chase after Hatfill, been able to even identify the source of the anthrax ?
美国政府已经花费掉数百万美元了,其中包括在哈特费尔之后的一些荒谬无益的做法,为什么到现在还没有权威的部门来识别炭疽(病)的来源呢? - Orlando is still after Angelica, but with Alcina's help, he's sent off on a wild goose chase.
NPR: Love And Lunacy: Vivaldi's 'Orlando Furioso' - For half an hour, Rousselot walked around in the vicinity, wondering if the woman who lived with Morini had sent him on a wild goose chase, until eventually he began to feel tired and headed for the port.
NEWYORKER: Álvaro Rousselot’s Journey - Richter's diary recounts how Elgar told him that there was no thematic link to the variations, but that since they were finished on April 1st, Elgar had resolved to start a wild goose chase by pretending that there was.
ECONOMIST: Historical mendacity: Japes of the great
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- wild -goose chase 徒劳无功
- a wild -goose chase maze 迷津
- Go On A Wild -goose Chase 心劳日拙
- a wild goose chase 徒劳的搜索;钻牛角尖;钻牛角;徒劳的举动
- The Wild Goose Chase 嬉春无悔
短语
英英字典
- If you are on a wild goose chase, you waste a lot of time searching for something that you have little chance of finding, because you have been given incorrect information.
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 徒劳的搜索;劳而无功的事
- 徒劳无益的追求