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The new runway is a billion-dollar boondoggle.是什么意思？

The new runway is a billion-dollar boondoggle.

新的机场跑道耗资10亿美元，却没什么大用处。

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the new runway is boondoggle

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

new

adj. 新的，崭新的，新鲜的，新到的，现代的，初次（听到）的；adv. 新近，最近；

runway

n. 跑道，河床，滑道；

is

vt.& vi. 是（be的三单形式；n. 存在；

boondoggle

vi. <美俚>做细小而无用的事；n. <美俚>细小而无用的事，手工品；
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