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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   boondoggle

   • IPA[ˈbo͞onˌdäɡ(ə)l]

   美式

   • n.
     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
   • v.
     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

2. • 釋義

   n.

   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

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. waste money or time on unnecessary or questionable projects the only guarantees are higher taxes and bureaucratic boondoggling
3. • 更多解釋

   boondoggle

   • IPA[ˈbuːnˌdɒɡl]

   英式

   • n.
     an unnecessary, wasteful, or fraudulent project: he characterized the defense program as an unworkable boondoggle
   • v.
     spend money or time on unnecessary, wasteful, or fraudulent projects: the only guarantees are higher taxes and bureaucratic boondoggling

   Oxford Dictionary