boondoggle

vi. 做细小而无用的事 n. 细小而无用的事, 手工品

发音

UK /ˈbuːndɒɡl̩/
US /ˈbundɑɡl̩/

词形变化

boondoggles 复数 boondoggles boondoggled boondoggles 三单 boondoggling boondoggling 现在分词 boondoggled 过去式 boondoggled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A braided ring to hold a neckerchief.

  2. 2.

    A waste of time or money; a pointless activity.

    加拿大 美国 比喻 政治

    Opponents consider this another billion-dollar government boondoggle.

  3. 3.

    A non-work trip away from a research station.

    俚语
v.
  1. 1.

    To waste time on a pointless activity.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

waste dissipation wastefulness
动词

上位词 1

work

词源

Coined by American scout leader Robert H. Link in 1929; alternatively “boon doggle”. Compare woggle of similar sense, which is attested in the same period. In the sense of a “wasteful government program”, popularized in 1935 by The New York Times, in reference to New Deal programs which were claimed to feature people making such braids.

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