a wild-goose chase
常见例句
- We wasted all day on a wild-goose chase.
我們徒勞無功的浪費了一整天。 - Often, the search for a skilful manager turns out to be a wild-golden-goose chase.
通常，對有技巧的經理的搜尋最終都是徒勞無功。 - Make it the object of pursuit and it leads us on a wild-goose chase, and is never attained.
倘若你把它儅作目標來追求，那將是一場白費心機的追逐，永遠也不會成功。 - 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.
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