boondoggle是什么意思？

boondoggle

英[ˈbu:ndɒgl] 美[ˈbundɑgl]

• vi. <美俚>做细小而无用的事；
• n. <美俚>细小而无用的事，手工品；

复数：boondoggles;

例句

• Our investment in water softeners was a boondoggle. 我们在水软化器上的投资打了水漂.
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  浪费时间金钱的无用机构；毫无意义的活动
  People sometimes refer to an official organization or activity as a boondoggle when they think it wastes a lot of time and money and does not achieve much.
  例句
  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。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. work of little or no value done merely to look busy
• Verb
  1. do useless, wasteful, or trivial work