wild-goose-chase

wild-goose-chase什么意思,wild-goose-chase翻译

基本解释

n.: 徒劳的寻找；白费力气的追逐
网络: 徒劳无功；徒劳的搜索；徒劳之举

权威解释

• 徒劳的寻找；白费力气的追逐:

  a search for sth that is impossible for you to find or that does not exist, that makes you waste a lot of time

例句

• The reporter was sent on a wild goose Chase, for the monster he was to investigate had never really existed.

  记者被派了去作徒劳无益的调查，因为他要查寻的怪物根本不存在。

• The reporter was sent on a wild goose chase, for the man he was to interview had never really existed.

  这名记者被派出去无意义的乱跑，因为他要访问的人根本不存在。

• As Nathan was led on a wild goose chase, we all waited quietly in the lounge, with the lights dimmed low and the cake"s candles lit.

  当内森在外面跑的时候，我们大家都在休息厅里静静地等，把灯光变暗，将蛋糕蜡烛点燃。

• It is a bit like wild goose chase, but established a good relationship at the end.

  但也是“穷追不舍”的，才最终确立了恋爱关系。

• Before then, six groups of protesters led their police escorts on a wild-goose chase around London.

  在那之前，六组的游行者会故布疑阵，让警方绕着伦敦白白搜寻一场。

• You"re led on a wild goose chase if you look for an apartment in the papers.

  如果你指望通过报纸找到公寓，那是白费劲。

• That"s right. Today, I"m going to blame the wild goose chase on my boss giving me the wrong directions.

  好了好了，我承认，咱俩找路的本事都不怎么样！不过这次可既不是你的责任，也不是我的责任。

• How can we possibly find what the boss asked us for? I think we"re on a wild goose chase.

  我们怎么知道老板要我们干什么？我看我们这是在白费劲。

• Her scheme of being a movie star is a wild-goose chase.

  她想成为电影明星的计划可以说是希望渺茫。

• A cheetah mother leads a lioness on a wild goose chase, away from her cubs in hiding

  一只猎豹母亲吸引一头狮子徒劳地追着她，离开了她的幼仔藏身处。