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boondoggle

美['bun.dɑɡl],英['buːndɒɡl],

释义

n. 毫无意义的工作(或事情);浪费时间金钱的工作(或事情); v. (花钱费时间)做无价值的事; 网络释义: 细小而无用的事;无效的投资;钓鱼工程;

例句

By the time the corruption-ridden boondoggle was completed in 1904, Alexander's son, Nicholas II, was technically bankrupt.
当这项耗费巨大而又腐败深重的铁路最终于1904年建成时,亚历山大的儿子、沙皇尼古拉二世从技术层面上分析已属于破产。
Our investment in water softeners was a boondoggle.
Windows Vista had more than its share of problems, most notably the device driver boondoggle.
WindowsVista存在的问题实在不少,最突出的问题是设备驱动繁琐。
He summarized the experience as a boondoggle.
Most other biologists deemed the idea either practically impossible or a financial boondoggle.
大部分其他生物学家不是认为这个想法不切实际,就是认为它浪费钱财。
An investigative reporter discovered that one of the projects we funded was a boondoggle.
一份调查报告显示,我们资助的一个项目纯粹是浪费钱。
It's also likely that the whole thing will be a boondoggle.
也有可能整个行动会是一种舍本逐末的做法。
A boondoggle , a disaster, twenty years in the making.
根本没有什么作用,二十多年来一直在制造灾难。

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