white elephant
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美
- n. 白象（一种罕有的白色或浅灰色亚洲象）；昂贵又无用之物；累赘物
详细释义
Noun:
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a valuable possession whose upkeep is excessively expensive
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albinic Indian elephant; rare and sometimes venerated in east Asia
双语例句
- 1. The new office block has become an expensive white elephant.
- 这座新办公大楼成了昂贵的摆设。
《牛津词典》
- 2. The venture has been widely dismissed as a $264 million white elephant.
- 普遍认为该2.64亿美元的风险投资华而不实。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- 3. That vase is a white elephant.
- 那个花瓶是个累赘。
youdao
- 4. I saw an unusual white elephant.
- 我看到一只罕见的白象。
youdao
- 5. There's a white elephant sale today.
- 今天有珍品要廉价拍卖。
youdao
- 6. We'll be trapped with white elephant stadiums.
- 现在他们又在用体育场馆这头白色大象来糊弄我们。
youdao
- 7. Eg: that would be a white elephant to me.
- 我们不想要这个沉重的负担。
youdao
- 8. Our first flag had a white elephant on it.
- 我们的第一面国旗上就绘著一头白象！
youdao
- 9. A motor car would be a white elephant to me.
- 对我来说汽车可能是个累赘。
youdao
- 10. My new car turned out to be my white elephant.
- 我的新车成了我的累赘。
youdao
- 11. There is a white elephant in our national flag.
- 我们的国旗白色的大象。
youdao
- 12. Who would have thought to meet a white elephant.
- 谁会想到会遇到一头白象啊！
youdao
- 13. That is a white elephant, and you'll never like it.
- 那是个大而累赘的东西，你不会喜欢它的。
youdao
- 14. I'll never buy a car, for it's only a white elephant.
- 我决不买汽车，因为它对我只会是一个累赘。
youdao
- 15. 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。
youdao
- 16. The teacher told us not to have a white elephant to keep.
- 老师叫我们不要背上沉重的包袱。
youdao
- 17. The project was believed to be nothing but a white elephant.
- 这个项目被认为只是一项沉重的负担。
youdao
- 18. Mike doesn't want the house, it always has been a white elephant.
- 迈克不想要那房子，它一向是个累赘。
youdao
- 19. In Thailand and India, a white elephant is regarded as a sacred animal.
- 在泰国和印度，白象被视为神圣的动物。
youdao
- 20. A motorcar would be a white elephant to him, because he cannot drive it.
- 汽车对他一点用都没有，因为他不会驾驶。
youdao
- 21. Each holiday for me seemed like a white elephant, a thing which can't make people excited.
- 每一个节日对于我来说如同鸡肘，令人提不起劲。
youdao
- 22. She doesn't like music at all, and the piano you bought for her is really a white elephant.
- 她根本不喜欢音乐，你买的钢琴对她来说确实是一个累赘。
youdao
- 23. His newly employed woman servant was extremely lazy and ate a lot, no more than a white elephant.
- 他新雇佣的女佣相当懒，并且吃的比大象还多。
youdao
- 24. Technology is technology, and the lack of proper pedagogy leads only to an expensive white elephant.
- 技术毕竟是技术，如果缺少教学法的指导，再好的技术也只能是昂贵的附属品。
youdao
- 25. Technology is technology, and the lack of proper pedagogy leads only to an expensive white elephant.
- 技术毕竟是技术，如果缺少教学法的指导，再好的技术也只能是昂贵的附属品。
youdao
- I saw an unusual white elephant.
我看到一只罕见的白象。
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- white elephant 白象（一种罕有的白色...
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