boondoggles

boondoggles

美 [?bun?dɑɡl] 　英 [?bu?nd?ɡl]

• n.(童子軍的)皮繩；(皮或柳條制的)手工品；無價值的瑣事
• v.(花錢費時間)做無價值的事
• 網絡細小而無用的事；無效的投資；釣魚工程

詞形變化

復數：boondoggles  

英漢解釋

n.	1. (童子軍的)皮繩;(皮或柳條制的)手工品 2. 無價值的瑣事
v.	1. (花錢費時間)做無價值的事

英英解釋

n.	1. a plan or project, especially one created by the government, that wastes a lot of time and money

例句

Local officials frequently vie for his endorsement of their latest architectural boondoggles.

當地官員們時常要為他們最新的蠢事爭取他的肯定。

Others admit that Newfoundland has a history of financial mismanagement and spectacular boondoggles.

其他人承認紐芬蘭曾經有過一段金融管理失誤和效率低下、主次不分的歷史。

The new marketing campaign only wasted money on boondoggles eventually.

新的市場活動最終只是把錢浪費在了無謂。

The bill covers all of these topics, but also countless sideshows and boondoggles.

該法案涵蓋了所有的這些問題，但也有太多細枝末節。

It shows that Tunipah is a kind of expensive boondoggles.

這說明圖尼帕是個勞民傷財的玩意兒。