boondoggle

第三人称单数：

动词第三人称单数: boondoggles

更多词形：

名词: boondog-gler | 动词过去式: boondoggled | 动词过去分词: boondoggled | 动词现在分词: boondoggling | 动词第三人称单数: boondoggles |

单词例句：

The U.S. and Canada duke it out over an alternative-fuel boondoggle.

美国和加拿大在代用燃料的事情上大打出手。

The best way to make sure that a vast stimulus package doesn't turn into a federal boondoggle bonanza is for that money to go directly to private citizens and local governments.

要确保庞大的刺激计划不沦为一堆废纸最好的方法是，把钱直接交到个人手里，或者地方政府手里。

Is “broadband for all” a recipe for recovery, or a boondoggle?

“全民宽带”是成功，还是徒劳？

boondoggle

n. (童子军系的)皮绳, 无用的事 vi. 做无用的事

Venice floodgate plan: boon or boondoggle?

摩西计划：城市福祉还是无聊作品？

It was a good boondoggle for the borrower.

对于举债的一方来说，这不过是一种雕虫小技。

'That's when the word 'boondoggle' first came into use' in its modern sense, says William Creech, of the U.

美国国家档案局(U.

“If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this Depression,” Roosevelt said, “that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come.

他说，如果我们通过boondoggle可以走出衰退，那么在未来的岁月中，这将变成一个令美国人激动振奋的词。

Plus, with the Las Vegas approach you may find that you're hooked (in which case, you should see our How Craps Works article) and subsequently lose your fortune on your next boondoggle.

另外，在拉斯维加斯也许你会陷入赌场的陷阱，然后失去你所有的财富。