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boondoggle是什么意思

发布时间:2020-10-26 作者: 英语查

boondoggle 是什么意思

过去式:boondoggled   过去分词:boondoggled   现在分词:boondoggling   

中文翻译与英英解释

n.
〔美俚〕
1.(童子军的)皮绳;(皮或柳条制的)手工品。
2.无价值的琐事。
vi.
(花钱费时间)做无价值的事〔尤指无价值的政府工程〕。
work of little or no value done merely to look busy

do useless, wasteful, or trivial work

例句与用法

1.It shows that tunipah is a kind of expensive boondoggles .
这说明图尼帕是个劳民伤财的玩意儿。

2.Our investment in water softeners was a boondoggle
我们在水软化器上的投资打了水漂。

3.Boondoggle of his , that model airplane he ' s building
手工玩具.他正在建造中的模型飞机

4.. . . boondoggle of his , that model airplane he ' s building . .
手工玩具. . .他正在建造中的模型飞机

5.Others admit that newfoundland has a history of financial mismanagement and spectacular boondoggles
其他人承认纽芬兰曾经有过一段金融管理失误和效率低下、主次不分的历史。

6.And if there were any doubt this was a boondoggle , it ought to be resolved by the fact that the city also has thrown in tax breaks that will amount to millions of dollars of savings for the times
若有人说这是小事一桩,那就应该让这一事实来说话:纽约市已经给予纽约时报很大的税收照顾,仅此可以为其省下几百万美元。

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