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white elephant 白象;〔美俚〕累贅的東西;贅疣。

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But when the latest investment boom unwinds , there are concerns that chinese cities will be littered with white elephant industrial projects that will stand empty for years 但是,有關人士擔心,一旦近年持續的投資熱冷卻下來,中國各地將充斥著可能會閑置數年的工業項目,變成實實在在的財政負擔。

While pregnant with rinpoche , his mother dreamt that a baby white elephant entered her courtyard . as the baby elephant entered she would tie a rope around it s neck and tie it to a tree 當他的母親懷孕時,她常多次夢到一只小象進入她家花園,她用繩子繞住小象的頸,把小象綁在樹下。

We finally realized that that large house my father left us in the country was really a white elephant , because it was too expensive to run and we couldn ' t find a purchaser 我們最后發現我父親在鄉間留給我們那棟大房子實在是個累贅,因為太過昂貴無法經營,而且我們無法找到買主。

Government - led industrial plans commonly produce white elephants like the supersonic concorde aircraft in europe and the synfuels fiasco in this country in the late 70 ' s 政府主持的工業計劃通常既費錢又無用,好像歐洲的協和超音速各機以及我國70年代合成燃料的慘痛失敗。

But when the latest investment boom unwinds , there are concerns that chinese cities will be littered with white elephant industrial projects that will stand empty for years 但要是這幾年的投資熱停下來,有人擔心中國各地將會斥著許多無人使用的累贅建筑。

A “ white elephant ” could be a car , a boat , a house , or even a business which demands more and more of your money without bringing in enough profit in return “白象”可能指一輛汽車、一艘船、一棟房子或一個企業,需要你不斷投資,卻收不回足夠的利潤。

They gave us a number of very large pictures as a wedding present ; but as we lived in a very small flat the present was a white elephant 這個引喻來自國王的習慣做法,當他對某一大臣不滿時,就賜給他一頭白象,使他因喂養這頭白象而花費巨大,進而破產。

The new opera house will be a white elephant : it is too small for proper opera productions , and no large opera company will want to use it 這座新劇場將是無用而贅的東西:演出大型歌劇,它太小了,所以沒有一家歌劇團愿意用它。

We even allow for those occasional individuals who seem to have a “ nose ” for avoiding the “ white elephants ” and for “ picking the winners ” 我們甚至也知道會有少數人因為善于“探聽”消息而避免付出昂貴的代價并取得成功。

They gave us a number of very large pictures as a wedding present ; but as we lived in a very small flat the present was a white elephant 他們送給我們大量的大幅圖片作為結婚禮物,這份禮物倒成了累贅的贈品。

There was also a story about how the king of burma raged war many hundreds of year ago over possession of 4 white elephants 有一個數百年前緬甸國王因擁有4只白象而引起激烈戰爭的故事。

The boy showed no interest in music . the grand piano they had bought for him was nothing but a white elephant 那個男孩對音樂沒有興趣,他們為他買的大鋼琴成了件多余的東西。

That standard lamp is a real white elephant - it doesn ' t work and it doesn ' t go with the rest of the furniture 那臺落地臺燈真是個累贅- -它不好使,而且跟別的家具不相配。

Hemingway strategically used deviation and repetition in the creation of “ hills like white elephants “ 摘要海明威把偏離和重復的手段巧妙地運用在了“白象似的山巒”中。

The car they bough last year is a white elephant ; it uses a lot of petrol and breaks down again and again 他們去年買的小汽車真是個累贅;耗油量大,且老是出毛病。

The procession at the bottom right hand corner pulled by white elephants could well be the indian delegation 畫面右下方以白象拉車子的隊伍可能是印度使節。

Although they got a lot of nice wedding presents , they also got one or two white elephants 雖然他們收到許多很好的結婚禮品,但也得到幾件昂貴而無用的東西。

Over the years , this old recreation vehicle has become a white elephant in our yard 多年來,那輛老的娛樂用車放在我家院子里成了沒用的累贅的東西。

When he bought a car he didn ' t know it was going to be such a white elephant (當他買一部車子時沒想到以后要花如此一大把鈔票。 )