white elephant是什么意思

Question

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Answer 1

white elephant

n.累赘；大而无用的东西；贵而无用的东西；【动】白象

无用而累赘的东西；昂贵又无用之物；累赘物
复数：white elephants

例句

1.SHANGHAI WHITE ELEPHANT SWAN BATTERY CO. , LTD.
上海白象天鹅电池有限公司。

2.Mike doesn't want the house , it always has been a white elephant .
迈克不想要那房子，它一向是个累赘。
　　
3.Who would have thought to meet a white elephant.
谁会想到会遇到一头白象啊！
　　
4.That enormous wardrobe your mother gave us has been nothing but a white elephant.
你妈妈给我们的大柜子只不过是个废物。
　　
5.The king used a white elephant to punish any of his officials who displeased him.
国王用白象去惩治任何一个使他不快的大臣。

Answer 2

　　white elephant详细»
　　白象，灰色象（在印度、东南亚被视为神圣之物）；无价值的东西
　　双语例句
　　1.
　　It's a seductive view. But it may yet prove to be something of a white elephant.
　　前景诱人，但是它可能证明在某种程度上仅仅就是一头白象而已。
　　2.
　　The exact nature of the link between a wandering white elephant and Hillary Clinton is a Burmese mystery too deep to delve here.
　　在缅甸人那种根深蒂固的神秘思想观念看来，将一头漫游的白象与希拉里·克林顿访问联系起来确实是再自然不过的事了。

Answer 3

white elephant
白色象
双语例句
1
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。
2
Who would have thought to meet a white elephant.
谁会想到会遇到一头白象啊！

Answer 4

白象
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