the wild goose chase

英漢例句

雙語例句

• The boss sent me on a wild goose chase that wasted half the day.
  老板給了我一項(xiàng)成功無望的任務(wù)，浪費(fèi)了我大半天的時(shí)間。
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• 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(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?？
• 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，尋求中東和平的努力變得徒勞無功。

權(quán)威例句

• 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
• Prosecutors scoffed at such a possibility, noting that Mans had already faked his own kidnapping, offered a bribe for his release, and sent police on a wild goose-chase pertaining to the diamonds.
  FORBES: Jailed Ponzi Schemer: Set Me Free And I'll Show You My $10 Million Diamond Stash
• 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

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