a wild-goose chase

a wild-goose chase

美 　英

• na.徒勞的追求
• 網絡徒勞的搜索；白費勁；白費力氣

例句

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

記者被派了去作徒勞無益的調查，因為他要查尋的怪物根本不存在。

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

這名記者被派出去無意義的亂跑，因為他要訪問的人根本不存在。

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.

當內森在外面跑的時候，我們大家都在休息廳里靜靜地等，把燈光變暗，將蛋糕蠟燭點燃。

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

在那之前，六組的游行者會故布疑陣，讓警方繞著倫敦白白搜尋一場。

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

如果你指望通過報紙找到公寓，那是白費勁。

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

我們怎么知道老板要我們干什么？我看我們這是在白費勁。

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

她想成為電影明星的計劃可以說是希望渺茫。

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

一只獵豹母親吸引一頭獅子徒勞地追著她，離開了她的幼仔藏身處。

When you're out there running around on a wild goose chase

當你在那里向著藍天，奔跑著追逐野雁時