wild goose chase:n.徒劳的搜索(劳而无功的事)
make a wild goose chase 做徒劳的搜索(劳而无功的事)
例句与用法:
The reporter was sent on a wild goose chase,for the monster he was to investigate had never really existed.
记者被派了去作徒劳无益的调查,因为他要查寻的怪物根本不存在.
wild-goose chase:
n.荒谬无益之追求,行踪不定的路线
例句与用法:
1.The hoaxer had sent the police on a wild-goose chase.
那个捣蛋的人让警方白白搜索了一番.
2.Why do modern people chase material possessions?
为什么现在的人们追求物质财富?
3.We must chase the enemy from our country.
我们必须把敌人赶出我国.
4.They caught the puppy after a long chase.
他们追了很久才把小狗逮住.
a wild goose chase:
n.徒劳的举动
a wild-goose chase:
n.徒劳的搜索,徒劳,迷津
The hoaxer had sent the police on a wild-goose chase.（那个捣蛋的人让警方白白搜索了一番）