white elephant
英 [ˌwaɪt ˈelɪfənt]
美 [ˌwaɪt ˈelɪfənt]
n. 昂贵而无用之物
牛津词典
noun
- 昂贵而无用之物
a thing that is useless and no longer needed, although it may have cost a lot of money- The new office block has become an expensive white elephant.
这座新办公大楼成了昂贵的摆设。
- The new office block has become an expensive white elephant.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 昂贵而无用的东西;华而不实的东西
If you describe something as awhite elephant, you mean that it is a waste of money because it is completely useless.- The pavilion has become a £4 million steel and glass white elephant.
这个耗资400万英镑、用钢与玻璃所构筑起的亭子已经成了一个华而不实的摆设。
- The pavilion has become a £4 million steel and glass white elephant.
英英释义
noun
- albinic Indian elephant
- a valuable possession whose upkeep is excessively expensive
双语例句
- A motor-car would be a white elephant to him, because he can't drive it.
摩托车对他一点用都没有，因为他不会驾驶。 - A car is a white elephant forr me.
对我而言，小汽车是个昂贵而无用的东西。 - I told him a white lie, which made him white with fury, but when he realized his project is a white elephant, his face turned as white as a sheet.
我向他撒了一个善意的谎言，却引来他的勃然大怒。但当他发现自己的工程毫无价值的时候，他顿时脸色苍白。 - Some people say that monuments are a white elephant and a waste of money.
有些人说建造那纪念碑实在是无意义的浪费钱。 - White Elephant Gift Exchange: This is a gift exchange where everyone brings a gift, or just something around the house, that they didn't much care for.
白象礼品交换：这个交换办法是这样的，每人都带来一件礼物或只是家里不太喜欢的某样东西来交换。 - We finally realized that that large house my father left us in the country was really a white elephant, because it was too expensive to run and we couldn't find a purchaser.
我们最后发现我父亲在乡间留给我们那栋大房子实在是个累赘，因为太过昂贵无法经营，而且我们无法找到买主。 - The pavilion has become a £ 4 million steel and glass white elephant.
这个耗资400万英镑、用钢与玻璃所构筑起的亭子已经成了一个华而不实的摆设。 - Seeking the Hidden Iceberg& An Interpretation of Hills Like White Elephant from Pragmatic Perspective;
探寻隐藏的冰山&语用学视角解读《白象似的群山》 - Haagen test is that large glass of the "white elephant" problem?
哈根达斯测试的是，大型玻璃的“白象”问题？ - Buying such a white elephant is simply wasting money.
买这样大而无用的东西完全是浪费金钱。