boondoggle
n. 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
vi.
做细小而无用的事；
n.
细小而无用的事，手工品；
变形
复数：boondoggles
英英释义
boondoggle[ 'bu:n,dɔɡl ]
n.work of little or no value done merely to look busy
v.do useless, wasteful, or trivial work
权威例句
Boondoggle.BOONDOGGLE
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The Buyback Boondoggle
THE IMPACT STATEMENT BOONDOGGLE
Beyond Budgeting: Boon or boondoggle?
The UCR boondoggle: A death knell for private practice?
HPV DNA testing: clinical boon or boondoggle?
Creativity Tests: A Boon or Boondoggle for Education?
Boon or Boondoggle? The Debate Over State and Local Economic Development Policies
Endoscopy in GERD: Boondoggle, Diagnostic Test, or Risk Management Tool?
Activity-based hospital funding: boon or boondoggle?
Computer-based drug-utilization review--risk, benefit, or boondoggle?
boondoggle (n.)
1935, American English, of uncertain origin, popularized during the New Deal as a contemptuous word for make-work projects for the unemployed. Said to have been a pioneer word for "gadget;" it also was by 1932 a Boy Scout term for a kind of woven braid.
1. Ln here we have some boondoggle key chains.
这里有一些手工钥匙链。
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2. Our investment in water softeners was a boondoggle.
我们在水软化器上的投资打了水漂。
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3. And then there was another crazy idea of building a capital on a square of swampland thatseemed mainly to be a boondoggle for wealthy land speculators at the time.
此外，还有一个疯狂的搬迁首都例子，就是在一片沼泽地上建立一个都城，这在当时看来简直就是有钱的土地投机商的异想天开。
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4. In here we have some boondoggle key chains.
这里有一些手工钥匙链。
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5. Immigration agents will begin fingerprinting international visitors this week who they think may pose security risks. are we fighting terrorism? Or are we trying to create a new boondoggle .
移民官员本周开始对可能有安全问题的外国旅客印指纹。我们在打击恐怖主义？也许是白费心机。
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6. I hope the Chinese fail in this boondoggle to one up our Panama canal.
中国人想建造这个不经济的运河来对抗我们的巴拿马运河，我希望中国失败。
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7. He summarized the experience as a boondoggle.
他认为自己的经历没有价值，浪费了时间。
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8. He summarized the experience as a boondoggle.
他认为自己的经历没有价值，浪费了时间。
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9. Our investment in water softeners was a boondoggle.
我们在水软化器上的投资打了水漂。
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