boondoggle 中文意思是什麼
boondoggle
解釋
n. 名詞 〈美俚〉1. （童子軍的）皮繩；（皮或柳條制的）手工品。2. 無價值的瑣事。
vi. 不及物動詞 （花錢費時間）做無價值的事〈尤指無價值的政府工程〉。
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Our investment in water softeners was a boondoggle
我們在水軟化器上的投資打了水漂。 -
Boondoggle of his, that model airplane he ' s building
手工玩具.他正在建造中的模型飛機 -
. . boondoggle of his, that model airplane he ' s building.
手工玩具. . .他正在建造中的模型飛機 -
And if there were any doubt this was a boondoggle, it ought to be resolved by the fact that the city also has thrown in tax breaks that will amount to millions of dollars of savings for the times
若有人說這是小事一樁，那就應該讓這一事實來說話：紐約市已經給予紐約時報很大的稅收照顧，僅此可以為其省下幾百萬美元。
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