| 释义 |
wild-goose chase
[ˌwaɪld'gu:sˌtʃeɪs] informal
noun countable
■a search which is completely unsuccessful and a waste of time because the person or thing being searched for does not exist or is somewhere else 白费力气的搜寻；徒劳之举•After two hours spent wandering in the snow, I realized we were on a wild goose chase.在雪地里打转了两小时之后，我意识到我们是在白费力气。 |