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white elephant |
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ˌwhite ˈelephant noun [countable] USELESSsomething that is completely useless, although it may have cost a lot of money 昂贵而无用的东西 When the theatre first opened it was widely regarded as a white elephant. 那家剧院刚开张时，大家都认为它是个奢侈的摆设。Examples from the Corpuswhite elephant• Saracen ambassadors bring Charlemagne a white elephant complete with exotic trappings.• The dam has become something of a white elephant.• Cake and white elephant stalls plus a grand prize draw.• More spaces are needed at less cost not another white elephant office block.• What do you do with a huge white elephant like that?• There's this picturesque white elephant development on the Costa del Sol, apparently going for a song.From Longman Business Dictionarywhite elephantˌwhite ˈelephant noun [countable] something that is completely useless, even though it cost a lot of moneyThe hotel is unfinished and structurally unsound - a white elephant of epic proportions.Origin white elephant (1800-1900) From the supposed practice of the King of Siam, who gave to people he did not like a white elephant, which cost a very large amount of money to keepˌwhite ˈelephant nounChineseSyllable that is something completely useless, although Corpus Business it |
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