wild-goose chase
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT 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. (根據(jù)錯(cuò)誤信息進(jìn)行的)白費(fèi)力氣的尋找[usu 'on' N]
Harry wondered if Potts had deliberately sent him on a wild goose chase. 哈里懷疑波茨故意派他出去瞎找一番。
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wild goose chase (also wild-goose chase) (wild goose chases)
劍橋詞典
- a search that is completely unsuccessful and a waste of time because the person or thing being searched for does not exist or is somewhere else
白費(fèi)力氣的搜尋；徒勞之舉
After two hours spent wandering in the snow , I realized we were on a wild goose chase . 在雪中轉(zhuǎn)了兩小時(shí)之后，我意識(shí)到我們是在白費(fèi)力氣。 返回 wild-goose chase