the wild goose chase

英汉例句

雙語例句

• The boss sent me on a wild goose chase that wasted half the day.
  老板給了我一項成功無望的任務，浪費了我大半天的時間。
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• Why haven't authorities, having spent millions of dollars, including a lot spent on the wild goose chase after Hatfill, been able to even identify the source of the anthrax ?
  美國政府已經花費掉數百萬美元了，其中包括在哈特費爾之後的一些荒謬無益的做法，爲什麽到現在還沒有權威的部門來識別炭疽（病）的來源呢？
• The Afghan strategy review has been too public and taken too long; the Middle East peace hunt has become a wild goose chase.
  阿富汗戰略廻顧過於高調竝耗時過長，尋求中東和平的努力變得徒勞無功。

權威例句

• For half an hour, Rousselot walked around in the vicinity, wondering if the woman who lived with Morini had sent him on a wild goose chase, until eventually he began to feel tired and headed for the port.
  NEWYORKER: Álvaro Rousselot’s Journey
• Prosecutors scoffed at such a possibility, noting that Mans had already faked his own kidnapping, offered a bribe for his release, and sent police on a wild goose-chase pertaining to the diamonds.
  FORBES: Jailed Ponzi Schemer: Set Me Free And I'll Show You My $10 Million Diamond Stash
• Richter's diary recounts how Elgar told him that there was no thematic link to the variations, but that since they were finished on April 1st, Elgar had resolved to start a wild goose chase by pretending that there was.
  ECONOMIST: Historical mendacity: Japes of the great

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