white elephant
英 [ˌwaɪt ˈelɪfənt]
美 [ˌwaɪt ˈelɪfənt]
n. 昂贵而无用之物
牛津词典
noun
- 昂贵而无用之物
a thing that is useless and no longer needed, although it may have cost a lot of money- 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 new office block has become an expensive white elephant.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 昂贵而无用的东西;华而不实的东西
If you describe something as awhite elephant, you mean that it is a waste of money because it is completely useless.- The pavilion has become a £4 million steel and glass white elephant.
这个耗资400万英镑、用钢与玻璃所构筑起的亭子已经成了一个华而不实的摆设。
- The pavilion has become a £4 million steel and glass white elephant.
英英释义
noun
- albinic Indian elephant
- a valuable possession whose upkeep is excessively expensive
双语例句
- 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。 - The new opera house will be a white elephant: it is too small for proper opera productions, and no large opera company will want to use it.
这座新剧场将是无用而赘的东西：演出大型歌剧，它太小了，所以没有一家歌剧团愿意用它。 - That is a white elephant.
那是一个无用而累赘的东西。 - Jan's factory is an absolute white elephant.
简的那个工厂成了一个大包袱。 - Not only that, due to clumsy government planning, when the sealink is finished it will be in danger of becoming a white elephant.
不仅如此，由于政府笨拙的规划，当sealink大桥完工后，可能会成为白象那样的累赘之物。 - 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。 - White Elephant Gift Exchange: This is a gift exchange where everyone brings a gift, or just something around the house, that they didn't much care for.
白象礼品交换：这个交换办法是这样的，每人都带来一件礼物或只是家里不太喜欢的某样东西来交换。 - 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。 - Did you see that gift she gave me? What should I do with this white elephant?
你看到她送我的礼物了吗？这种小玩意儿我该怎么处理？ - Above, Buddhist and Hindu deities are showering the two leaders with blessings; a white elephant and a dragon on their sides depict Sino-India cultural symmetry.
画的上方是佛教和印度教的神，他们给两国领导人送上祝福；白色的大象和两侧的龙显示了中印度文化的对称性。