white elephant
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white elephant 基本解释
n. 昂贵而无用之物
重点词汇
white elephant 详细解释
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.
white elephant 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、
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。 - 3、
That is a white elephant.
那是一个无用而累赘的东西。 - 4、
Seeking the Hidden Iceberg& An Interpretation of Hills Like white elephant from Pragmatic Perspective;
探寻隐藏的冰山&语用学视角解读《白象似的群山》 - 5、
That super size desk is a white elephant to his room.
那张他房间里的超大书桌很大而无当。 - 6、
I told him a white lie, which made him white with fury, but when he realized his project is a white elephant, his face turned as white as a sheet.
我向他撒了一个善意的谎言，却引来他的勃然大怒。但当他发现自己的工程毫无价值的时候，他顿时脸色苍白。 - 7、
I'll never buy a car, for it's only a white elephant to me.
我决不买汽车，因为它对我只会是一个累赘。 - 8、
The car is a white elephant for me.
这辆小汽车对我来说是无用之物。 - 9、
That would be a white elephant to me.
那东西对我来说又贵又没用。 - 10、
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？ - 11、
The boy showed no interest in music. The grand piano they had bought for him was nothing but a white elephant.
那个男孩对音乐没有兴趣，他们为他买的大钢琴成了件多余的东西。 - 12、
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。 - 13、
Jan's factory is an absolute white elephant.
简的那个工厂成了一个大包袱。 - 14、
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。 - 15、
Some people say that monuments are a white elephant and a waste of money.
有些人说建造那纪念碑实在是无意义的浪费钱。 - 16、
A motor-car would be a white elephant to him, because he can't drive it.
摩托车对他一点用都没有，因为他不会驾驶。 - 17、
Now people in the West calk a useless thing "a white elephant".
而现在西方人则把民用的人成为“白象”。 - 18、
His newly employed woman servant was extremely lazy and ate a lot, no more than a white elephant.
他新雇来的女佣人懒得出奇，饭量倒很大，真是一个无用而又累赘的东西。 - 19、
Haagen test is that large glass of the "white elephant" problem?
哈根达斯测试的是，大型玻璃的“白象”问题？ - 20、
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。 - 21、
The angel figurine reminded me of the white elephant gift exchange game that we play every year.
天使小雕像使我想起了我们每年都会玩的“白象礼物交换游戏”； - 22、
His collection of stamps came to the hammer yesterday There's a white elephant sale today.
他的集邮品昨日被拍卖。今天有珍品要廉价拍卖。 - 23、
A car is a white elephant forr me.
对我而言，小汽车是个昂贵而无用的东西。 - 24、
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。 - 25、
Who would have thought to meet a white elephant.
谁会想到会遇到一头白象啊！ - 26、
There's a white elephant sale today.
今天有珍品要廉价拍卖。 - 27、
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。 - 28、
The project was believed to be nothing but a white elephant.
这个项目被认为只是一项沉重的负担。 - 29、
We finally realized that that large house my father left us in the country was really a white elephant, because it was too expensive to run and we couldn't find a purchaser.
我们最后发现我父亲在乡间留给我们那栋大房子实在是个累赘，因为太过昂贵无法经营，而且我们无法找到买主。 - 30、
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。
white elephant 英英释义
noun
- albinic Indian elephant
- a valuable possession whose upkeep is excessively expensive
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更新时间：2026-03-25 08:36
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