音标与读法

这里为大家介绍下boondoggle 是什么意思，希望能帮助到各位朋友。

过去式:boondoggled过去分词:boondoggled现在分词:boondoggling

中英文翻译

n.

〔美俚〕

1.(童子军的)皮绳；(皮或柳条制的)手工品。

2.无价值的琐事。

vi.

(花钱费时间)做无价值的事〔尤指无价值的政府工程〕。

work of little or no value done merely to look busy

do useless, wasteful, or trivial work

例句与用法

1.It shows that tunipah is a kind of expensive boondoggles .

这说明图尼帕是个劳民伤财的玩意儿。

2.Our investment in water softeners was a boondoggle

我们在水软化器上的投资打了水漂。

3.Boondoggle of his , that model airplane he " s building

手工玩具.他正在建造中的模型飞机

4.. . . boondoggle of his , that model airplane he " s building . .

手工玩具. . .他正在建造中的模型飞机

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

其他人承认纽芬兰曾经有过一段金融管理失误和效率低下、主次不分的历史。

6.And if there were any doubt this was a boondoggle , it ought to be resolved by the fact that the city also has thrown in tax breaks that will amount to millions of dollars of savings for the times

若有人说这是小事一桩，那就应该让这一事实来说话：纽约市已经给予纽约时报很大的税收照顾，仅此可以为其省下几百万美元。

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