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1 词典释义:
a white elephant
时间: 2025-04-03 11:34:43
英 [ə wʌɪt ˈɛlɪf(ə)nt]
美 [eɪ (h)waɪt ˈɛləfənt]

一头白象;沉重的负担;无用之物

双语例句
  • "A white elephant" means something that is useless, although it may cost a lot of money.

    “白象”指的是无用却很昂贵的东西。

  • That vase is a white elephant.

    那个花瓶是个累赘。

  • The car is a white elephant for me.

    这辆小汽车对我来说是无用之物。

  • There's a white elephant sale today.

    今天有珍品要廉价拍卖。

  • Eg: that would be a white elephant to me.

    我们不想要这个沉重的负担。

  • Our first flag had a white elephant on it.

    我们的第一面国旗上就绘著一头白象!

  • A motor car would be a white elephant to me.

    对我来说汽车可能是个累赘。

  • There is a white elephant in our national flag.

    我们的国旗白色的大象。

  • Who would have thought to meet a white elephant.

    谁会想到会遇到一头白象啊!

  • That is a white elephant, and you'll never like it.

    那是个大而累赘的东西,你不会喜欢它的。

  • 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。

  • I'll never buy a car, for it's only a white elephant.

    我决不买汽车,因为它对我只会是一个累赘。

  • The teacher told us not to have a white elephant to keep.

    老师叫我们不要背上沉重的包袱。

  • The new TV is a white elephant because he doesn't need it.

    这台新的电视是个累赘因为他不需要了。

  • 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。

  • 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。

  • 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。

  • A motor car would be a white elephant to him, because he can't drive.

    汽车对他来说毫无用处,因为他不会开车。

  • 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。

  • A motorcar would be a white elephant to him, because he cannot drive it.

    汽车对他一点用都没有,因为他不会驾驶。

  • 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。

  • She doesn't like music at all, and the piano you bought for her is really a white elephant.

    她根本不喜欢音乐,你买的钢琴对她来说确实是一个累赘。

  • His newly employed woman servant was extremely lazy and ate a lot, no more than a white elephant.

    他新雇佣的女佣相当懒,并且吃的比大象还多。