a wild goose chase
基本解釋
- 白費(fèi)力氣
- 徒勞無(wú)益的追求
英漢例句
- The boss sent me on a wild goose chase that wasted half the day.
老板給了我一項(xiàng)成功無(wú)望的任務(wù)，浪費(fèi)了我大半天的時(shí)間。
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.
阿富汗戰(zhàn)略回顧過(guò)于高調(diào)并耗時(shí)過(guò)長(zhǎng)，尋求中東和平的努力變得徒勞無(wú)功。 - You're led on a wild goose chase if you look for an apartment in the papers.
如果你指望通過(guò)報(bào)紙找到公寓，那是白費(fèi)勁。 - 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