wild goose chase
n.
（根据错误信息进行的）徒劳寻找，白费力气的追逐；
变形
复数：wild goose chases
双语例句
The reporter was sent on a wild goose chase, for the monster he was to investigate had never really existed.
记者被派了去作徒劳无益的调查，因为他要查寻的怪物根本不存在。
权威例句
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1. Harry wondered if Potts had deliberately sent him on a wild goose chase.
哈里怀疑波茨故意派他出去瞎找一番。
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2. The Afghan strategy review has been too public and taken too long; the Middle East peace hunt has become a wild goose chase.
阿富汗战略回顾过于高调并耗时过长，寻求中东和平的努力变得徒劳无功。
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3. It looks like this is nothing but a wild goose chase.
追野鹅？我们找路还来不及呢，哪还有时间去追野鹅？
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4. Often, the search for a skilful manager turns out to be a wild-golden-goose chase.
通常，对有技巧的经理的搜寻最终都是徒劳无功。
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5. The reporter was sent on a wild goose chase, for the monster he was to investigate had never really existed.
记者被派了去作徒劳无益的调查，因为他要查寻的怪物根本不存在。
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6. As Nathan was led on a wild goose chase, we all waited quietly in the lounge, with the lights dimmed low and the cake's candles lit.
当内森在外面跑的时候，我们大家都在休息厅里静静地等，把灯光变暗，将蛋糕蜡烛点燃。
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7. Her scheme of being a movie star is a wild-goose chase.
她想成为电影明星的计划可以说是希望渺茫。
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8. You're led on a wild goose chase if you look for an apartment in the papers.
如果你指望通过报纸找到公寓，那是白费劲。
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9. Lois said she knew the way so we followed her car, but she took us on a wild goose chase all round the country lanes instead of taking the direct route along the main road.
洛伊斯说她认识路，因此我们跟在她的汽车后面，但是她带着我们老是绕着乡村单向行车道徒劳地行驶，而不是沿着大道笔直行驶。
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10. Make it the object of pursuit and it leads us on a wild-goose chase, and is never attained.
倘若你把它当作目标来追求，那将是一场白费心机的追逐，永远也不会成功。
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11. Make it the object of pursuit and it leads us on a wild-goose chase, and is never attained.
倘若你把它当作目标来追求，那将是一场白费心机的追逐，永远也不会成功。
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