boondoggle

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈbuːnˌdɒɡ.əl]
• 美式音标 [ˈbuːnˌdɑː.ɡəl]
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基本解释

• n. 手工品；細小而無用的事；勞動力和生産工具不經濟的利用
• vi. 做無聊的工作

同根派生

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英汉例句

雙語例句

• An investigative reporter discovered that one of the projects we funded was a boondoggle.
  一份調查報告顯示，我們資助的一個項目純粹是浪費錢。
• He built the “airport for no one”—a boondoggle that made his commute to Washington, DC, a lot easier but was otherwise a huge waste of money. Then he extended its runway.
  他還建了一座“沒人用的機場”，但這座耗資不菲的無用之物卻將他的仕途輕輕松松推曏了華盛頓，仕途平坦的同時，造成的資金浪費也是巨大的。
• Is “broadband for all” a recipe for recovery, or a boondoggle?
  “全民寬帶”是成功，還是徒勞？

權威例句

• Penney stake and regime change have been a more pathetic boondoggle than any Herbalife distributorship.
  FORBES: Why Ackman Is Right on Herbalife
• Ethanol, or more property government moonshine, is a huge boondoggle that harms human beings besides.
  FORBES: Alternatives To Obama's Fiscal Cliff Proposal For An Infrastructure Bank
• Far too much money has been spent on boondoggle projects of one sort or another.
  ECONOMIST: George Bush

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词组短语

短語

• Boondoggle Full 塑料繩編織
• traditional boondoggle and artware 傳統手工産品與工藝品
• Rob 's Boondoggle 迷你非洲堇

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• an unnecessary and expensive piece of work, especially one that is paid for by the public

柯林斯英英字典

• People sometimes refer to an official organization or activity as a boondoggle when they think it wastes a lot of time and money and does not achieve much.

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• boondoggle柯林斯字典

专业释义

經濟學

• 無傚的投資