boondogglen. 手工品;细小而无用的事;劳动力和生产工具不经济的利用; vi. 做无聊的工作;
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traditional boondoggle and artware 传统手工产品与工艺品
原声例句
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I spent those walks being bored and thinking about my gigantic boondoggle of a manuscript.
我用散步的时间来感受枯燥,同时想着我那本超级大而无当的稿子。
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What might seem a " boondoggle" fit for a " hound traverse" down some ground and turn lost to found.
对于一只猎犬来说,它穿过一些地方迷路了,最后被人类找到,这似乎是一件愚蠢的事情。
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Or so, the most, so romantic love can be, you know, a boondoggle really, ethically and morally.
或者说,最重要的是, 浪漫的爱情在伦理和道德上确实是毫无意义的。
经济学人-文艺
Mr Grunwald's newbook is the story of what was arguably the greatest boondoggle in history and the politics that surrounded it, both before and since.
格伦沃尔德这本新书介绍的可能是史上最大的一笔无效投资,以及这笔投资前后的政治背景。
经济学人-综合
A two-part agenda drawing on ideas from both left and right, aimed at reducing boondoggles for the affluent and increasing investment in the young, could achieve a lot.
A boondoggle is a project that is considered a useless waste of both time and money, yet is often continued due to extraneous policy or political motivations.