boondoggle

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基本解釋

• n. 手工品；細(xì)小而無用的事；勞動(dòng)力和生產(chǎn)工具不經(jīng)濟(jì)的利用
• vi. 做無聊的工作

同根派生

• boondoggle相關(guān)詞

英漢例句

雙語(yǔ)例句

• An investigative reporter discovered that one of the projects we funded was a boondoggle.
  一份調(diào)查報(bào)告顯示，我們資助的一個(gè)項(xiàng)目純粹是浪費(fèi)錢。
• He built the “airport for no one”—a boondoggle that made his commute to Washington, DC, a lot easier but was otherwise a huge waste of money. Then he extended its runway.
  他還建了一座“沒人用的機(jī)場(chǎng)”，但這座耗資不菲的無用之物卻將他的仕途輕輕松松推向了華盛頓，仕途平坦的同時(shí)，造成的資金浪費(fèi)也是巨大的。
• Is “broadband for all” a recipe for recovery, or a boondoggle?
  “全民寬帶”是成功，還是徒勞？

權(quán)威例句

• Penney stake and regime change have been a more pathetic boondoggle than any Herbalife distributorship.
  FORBES: Why Ackman Is Right on Herbalife
• Ethanol, or more property government moonshine, is a huge boondoggle that harms human beings besides.
  FORBES: Alternatives To Obama's Fiscal Cliff Proposal For An Infrastructure Bank
• Far too much money has been spent on boondoggle projects of one sort or another.
  ECONOMIST: George Bush

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詞組短語(yǔ)

短語(yǔ)

• Boondoggle Full 塑料繩編織
• traditional boondoggle and artware 傳統(tǒng)手工產(chǎn)品與工藝品
• Rob 's Boondoggle 迷你非洲堇

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• an unnecessary and expensive piece of work, especially one that is paid for by the public

柯林斯英英字典

• People sometimes refer to an official organization or activity as a boondoggle when they think it wastes a lot of time and money and does not achieve much.

• boondoggle劍橋字典
• boondoggle柯林斯字典

專業(yè)釋義

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