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boondoggle
- IPA[ˈbo͞onˌdäɡ(ə)l]
美式
- work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value;a public project of questionable merit that typically involves political patronage and graft
- waste money or time on unnecessary or questionable projects
verb: boondoggle, 3rd person present: boondoggles, gerund or present participle: boondoggling, past tense: boondoggled, past participle: boondoggled
noun: boondoggle, plural noun: boondoggles
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value writing off the cold fusion phenomenon as a boondoggle best buried in literature
- ▪ a public project of questionable merit that typically involves political patronage and graft they each drew $600,000 in the final months of the great boondoggle
動詞
- 1. waste money or time on unnecessary or questionable projects the only guarantees are higher taxes and bureaucratic boondoggling
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ˈbuːnˌdɒɡl]
英式
- an unnecessary, wasteful, or fraudulent project: he characterized the defense program as an unworkable boondoggle
- spend money or time on unnecessary, wasteful, or fraudulent projects: the only guarantees are higher taxes and bureaucratic boondoggling
Oxford Dictionary