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词典释义:
white elephant
时间: 2023-09-22 06:20:04
英 [ˌwaɪt ˈelɪfənt]
美 [ˌwaɪt ˈelɪfənt]

n. 昂贵却无用的东西;华而不实的东西;累赘东西

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双语例句
  • 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 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。

  • That vase is a white elephant.

    那个花瓶是个累赘。

  • I saw an unusual white elephant.

    我看到一只罕见的白象。

  • There's a white elephant sale today.

    今天有珍品要廉价拍卖。

近义词
释义
n.

a possession that is useless or troublesome, especially one that is expensive to maintain or difficult to dispose of

(保管起来费钱又费事而又难以处理的)累赘东西,费而不惠的东西。

词源

"  from the story that the kings of Siam gave such animals as a gift to courtiers considered obnoxious, in order to ruin the recipient by the great expense incurred in maintaining the animal."

  • And I will return to New Delhi in triumph atop a bejeweled white elephant! And you know what will be on that elephant's back? A seat warmer.

    我会光荣凯旋回归新德里,骑着宝石装饰的白象登场,而且你们知道大象的背上会有什么吗?座椅加热器。

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