柯林斯詞典boondoggle /?bu?n?d?ɡ?l/ (boondoggles) 1. N-COUNT People sometimes refer to an official organization or activity as a boondoggle when they think it wastes a lot of time and money and does not achieve much. (勞民傷財(cái)?shù)?無(wú)用物[美國(guó)英語(yǔ)] [非正式] The new runway is a billion-dollar boondoggle. 這條新跑道是一個(gè)價(jià)值十億美元的廢物。 返回 boondoggle劍橋詞典an unnecessary and expensive piece of work , especially one that is paid for by the public (尤指由公衆(zhòng)支付費(fèi)用的)耗資巨大而無(wú)意義的工作 The senator called the new highways proposal "a fraud and a boondoggle that the taxpayer should not tolerate ." 蓡議員稱新的道路建設(shè)提案是“…毫無(wú)意義的騙錢工程,納稅人不應(yīng)該容忍”。 返回 boondoggle