用中文说: "Wild-goose chase"

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Wild-goose chase

【中文】徒劳的搜索；白费劲；徒劳无功；徒劳之举

     Túláo de sōusuǒ; báimǎ jìn; túláowúgōng; túláo zhī jǔ

【解释】A pursuit of something unattainable or non-existent, such as in a snipe hunt. It is also known as a fool's errand.

【例句】

- How can we possibly find what the boss asked us for? I think we're on a wild goose chase.

 我们怎么知道老板要我们干什么？我看我们这是在白费劲。

 Wǒmen zěnme zhīdào lǎobǎn yào wǒmen gànshénme? Wǒ kàn wǒmen zhè shì zài bái fèijìng.

- The reporter was sent on a wild goose Chase, for the monster he was to investigate had never really existed.

 记者被派了去作徒劳无益的调查，因为他要查寻的怪物根本不存在。

 Jìzhě bèi pàile qù zuò túláo wúyì de diàochá, yīnwèi tā yào cháxún dì guàiwù gēnběn bù cúnzài.