wild goose chase

基本解釋

The boss sent me on a wild goose chase that wasted half the day.
老板給了我一項(xiàng)成功無望的任務(wù)，浪費(fèi)了我大半天的時(shí)間。
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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)略回顧過于高調(diào)并耗時(shí)過長(zhǎng)，尋求中東和平的努力變得徒勞無功。
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 ?
美國(guó)政府已經(jīng)花費(fèi)掉數(shù)百萬美元了，其中包括在哈特費(fèi)爾之后的一些荒謬無益的做法，為什么到現(xiàn)在還沒有權(quán)威的部門來識(shí)別炭疽（?。┑膩碓茨?？

Orlando is still after Angelica, but with Alcina's help, he's sent off on a wild goose chase.
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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.
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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.
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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.