wild goose chase
常見例句
- The boss sent me on a wild goose chase that wasted half the day.
老板給了我一項成功無望的任務(wù)，浪費了我大半天的時間。
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)略廻顧過於高調(diào)竝耗時過長，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 ?
美國政府已經(jīng)花費掉數(shù)百萬美元了，其中包括在哈特費爾之後的一些荒謬無益的做法，爲(wèi)什麼到現(xiàn)在還沒有權(quán)威的部門來識別炭疽（?。┑膩碓茨兀?/li>權(quán)威例句
- 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 The 返回 wild goose chase