white elephants是white elephant的复数

white elephant

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英 
  • n.累赘；大而无用的东西；贵而无用的东西；【动】白象
  • 网络累赘之物；贵重而无用的东西
复数：white elephants  

英汉

英英

网络释义

n.
1.
累赘;大而无用的东西;贵而无用的东西
2.
【动】白象

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释义:
全部全部,累赘累赘,大而无用的东西大而无用的东西,贵而无用的东西贵而无用的东西,白象白象,累赘之物累赘之物,贵重而无用的东西贵重而无用的东西
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1.
The Beijing government appears to have considered the issue of Olympic white elephants as well .
北京政府似乎也考虑到了奥运会华而不实的问题。
www.bing.com
2.
This will inevitably include some white elephants, but in a poor country, the return on infrastructure investment is generally high.
这不可避免将产生一些累赘，但穷国的基础设施投资都是高回报的。
article.yeeyan.org
3.
Construction, destruction and disillusion of the dreams: Thematic comparison of "The Cat in the Rain" and "Hills Like White Elephants"
“梦”的建构、消解与幻灭——《白象似的群山》与《雨里的猫》的主题比较
service.ilib.cn
4.
Given the scale of China's investment, some white elephants were perhaps to be expected.
鉴于中国投资的规模，一些华而不实的面子工程或许在所难免。
www.ftchinese.com
5.
But there are limits: Such huge flows of wealth can be squandered on corruption or showcase projects that turn into white elephants.
不过这里也存在局限性：这样大规模的财富流动容易滋生腐败，或者变成华而不实的面子工程。
article.yeeyan.org
6.
Hemingway strategically used deviation and repetition in the creation of "Hills Like White Elephants" .
海明威把偏离和重复的手段巧妙地运用在了“白象似的山峦”中。
www.ceps.com.tw
7.
Although they got a lot of nice wedding presents, they also got one or two white elephants .
固然他们收到很多很好的结婚礼品，但也取得几件昂贵而顶用的工具。
www.lw3721.com
8.
The recent Budget has offered hundreds of millions of pounds to finance such white elephants as Concorde and the Channel Tunnel.
最近的预算拨出数亿英镑，用来支持耗资巨大的工程，如协和式飞机和英吉利海峡隧道。
www.bing.com
9.
Although they got many nice wedding presents, they also got one or two white elephants.
虽然他们收到许多很好的结婚礼品，但也得到几件昂贵而无用的东西。
www.ncneedu.cn
10.
But if I do it, then it will be nice again if I say things are like white elephants, and you'll like it?
但是如果我去做了，那么倘使我说某某东西象一群白象，就又会和和顺顺的，你又会喜欢了？
www.zftrans.com