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wild goose chase
徒勞的尋找，白費力氣的追逐
I think young lady that you are embarking upon what was certainly proved to be a wild goose chase.
我認為，這名年輕女子正在進行徒勞的尋找和追逐，這一點將肯定可以得到證實。
From the beginning he has never concealed his belief that Professor Challenger is an absolute fraud that we are all embarked upon an absurd wild-goose chase
自一開始，他就從未掩飾他認為Challenger教授是個徹底冒牌貨的觀點。他相信我們都在從事一場荒唐的、白費力氣的追逐。
and that we are likely to reap nothing but disappointment and danger in South America and corresponding ridicule in England．
我們的收獲可能只有失望、在南美的危險，以及英國那邊隨之而來的嘲笑。
white elephant
昂貴而無用之物，或者說帶來麻煩遠遠大于實陳好處的東西。
He bought himself a white elephant．
認為這支隊伍不會有什么作為，只會帶來麻煩，是典型的“白象”。
I’m not going to repeat my order to every person in this office individually .
我不會對辦公室里所有的人逐個重復我的指令。
My people are not gonna chase that white elephant.
我們的反恐人員肯定不去追查那條沒結果的線索。
They are busy trying to locate 19 canisters of sentox nerve gas.
他們正忙著找到那19罐神經性毒氣。
Has it occurred to you that if threat is real, it’s likelv that the terrorists who have the sentox nerve gas are the same ones as is planning the anack?
你有沒有想過，如果這個威脅是真的，那么持有神經性毒氣的恐怖分子有可能就是策劃這次襲擊事件的人？
That is an unverified threat.
這是個未經證實的威脅。
If you wanna hand it off to NSA，be my guest.
如果你想轉達給國家安全局，隨你便。
My peoply are not gonna chase that wild goose.
我們不會白費力氣。
