a wild goose chase

1 Harry wondered if Potts had deliberately sent him on a wild goose chase.

哈里疑心波茨故意让他白费力气地瞎找一通。

2 You're led on a wild goose chase if you look for an apartment in the papers.

如果你指望通过报纸找到公寓,那是白费劲.

3 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.

4 She feels what Mr. Wang is doing is a wild - goose chase.

(她觉得王先生所做的是徒劳之举. )

5 We wasted all day a wild - goose chase.

我们徒劳无功的浪费了一整天.

6 It was a wild goose chase.

这是白费力气.

7 Hah! Thought I'd dragged you down here on a wild - goose chase, didn't you?

嘿! 你是否在想我已经象老鹰抓小鸡似地把你一把拖到这里来了, 对 吗 ?

8 What they do is a Sisyphean task.

他们所干的活是徒劳的苦役。

9 We will not be shipwrecked on a vain reality.

我们不会在徒劳的现实里遇难。

1 徒劳

rewardless futile fruitless unprofitable mockery idlesse be a fool for pains to no end