boondoggle

boondoggle

美 [ˈbunˌdɑɡl]  英 [ˈbuːndɒɡl]

  • 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
  • 网络细小而无用的事;无效的投资;钓鱼工程

词形变化

复数:boondoggles  

英汉双解

n.
1.
毫无意义的工作(或事情);浪费时间金钱的工作(或事情)a piece of work that is unnecessary and that wastes time and/or money

英汉解释

n.
1.
(童子军的)皮绳;(皮或柳条制的)手工品
2.
无价值的琐事
v.
1.
(花钱费时间)做无价值的事

英英解释

n.

例句

By the time the corruption-ridden boondoggle was completed in 1904, Alexander's son, Nicholas II, was technically bankrupt.

耗费巨大腐败深重铁路最终1904年建成亚历山大儿子沙皇尼古拉二世技术层面分析属于破产

Our investment in water softeners was a boondoggle.

软化投资

Windows Vista had more than its share of problems, most notably the device driver boondoggle.

WindowsVista存在问题实在不少突出问题设备驱动繁琐

He summarized the experience as a boondoggle.

认为自己经历没有价值浪费时间

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浪费钱财

An investigative reporter discovered that one of the projects we funded was a boondoggle.

调查报告显示我们资助一个项目纯粹浪费

It's also likely that the whole thing will be a boondoggle.

可能整个行动一种舍本逐末做法

A boondoggle , a disaster, twenty years in the making.

根本没有什么作用二十多一直制造灾难