a wild goose chase

常见例句

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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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。
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。

Orlando is still after Angelica, but with Alcina's help, he's sent off on a wild goose chase.
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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.
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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.
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