white elephant
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT If you describe something as a white elephant, you mean that it is a waste of money because it is completely useless. 昂貴卻無用的東西[表不滿]
The venture has been widely dismissed as a $264 million white elephant. 普遍認(rèn)為該2.64億美元的風(fēng)險投資華而不實。
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white elephant (white elephants)
劍橋詞典
- something that has cost a lot of money but has no useful purpose
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