wild-goose chase

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌwaɪldˈɡuːs ˌtʃeɪs]
• 美式音标 [ˌwaɪldˈɡuːs ˌtʃeɪs]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• 行踪不定的路线；荒谬无益之追求

同根派生

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英汉例句

双语例句

• We wasted all day on a wild-goose chase.
  我们徒劳无功的浪费了一整天。
• Often, the search for a skilful manager turns out to be a wild-golden-goose chase.
  通常，对有技巧的经理的搜寻最终都是徒劳无功。
• Make it the object of pursuit and it leads us on a wild-goose chase, and is never attained.
  倘若你把它当作目标来追求，那将是一场白费心机的追逐，永远也不会成功。

权威例句

• 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

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词组短语

短语

• wild - goose chase 徒劳无功的事
• a wild -goose chase maze 迷津
• Go On A Wild -goose Chase 心劳日拙

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• a search that is completely unsuccessful and a waste of time because the person or thing being searched for does not exist or is somewhere else

柯林斯英英字典

• If you are on a wild goose chase, you waste a lot of time searching for something that you have little chance of finding, because you have been given incorrect information.

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专业释义

新闻学与传播学

• 徒劳的搜索；劳而无功的事
• 徒劳无益的追求