奇葩剧汉英词典

fool's errand

F 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˌfuːlz ˈer.ənd]
  • 美式音标 [ˌfuːlz ˈer.ənd]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • 徒劳的奔波；徒劳无功的工作

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • Micro-optimizing the steps of an inefficient algorithm is a fool's errand.
    对低效算法步骤进行细微的优化是徒劳无益的事情。
  • Cliff Johnson's 1987 puzzle game The Fool's Errand was a lo-res masterpiece.
    克里夫约翰逊1987年的字谜游戏《傻瓜的使命》是一个低分辨率巨作。
  • You forced me into visiting him last year, and promised, if I went to see him, he should marry one of my daughters. But it ended in nothing, and I will not be sent on a fool's errand again.
    不去，不去，去年你硬逼着我去看他，说什么只要我去看了他，他就会挑中我们的某一个女儿做太太，可是结果只落得一场空，我再也不干这种傻事了。

    • 原声例句

  • Until you're a proficient reader of a language, writing in our language is a fool's errand.
    你只有成为一个熟练的读者，才有可能成为一个好的作者。
    英语阅读：技巧 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

    • 权威例句

  • But bringing them down close to zero, in government or in any other sphere, will remain a fool's errand.
    ECONOMIST: The price of prudence
  • What they told members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ranged from tentative support for the plan to calling it a fool's errand.
    NPR: Retired Army Generals Criticize Bush's Iraq Plan
  • Is the small car market a fool's errand?
    FORBES: OutFront

词组短语

    短语

  • fool 's errand 徒劳无功的工作;做蠢事;傻瓜的差事;书名
  • a fool 's errand 徒劳的任务;翻译
  • go on a fool 's errand 作无谓的奔走;徒费心机

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • an effort that is unlikely to be successful

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • a fruitless undertaking