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单词 white elephant
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white elephant

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n. 白象,累赘物
词组 | 习惯用语
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    White-Elephant-Demon 白象精
    White elephant gift exchange 交换礼物
    White Elephant 白象; 昂贵又无用之物; 白象需要高额成本维护而实际上无利可图的资产或损失已成定局的资产; 无用而累赘的东西;
    White Elephant Hotel 白象大酒店
    white elephant legs 大白腿
    The White Elephant 白象
    White Elephant Records 出版者
white elephant 白象,灰色象(在印度、东南亚被视为神圣之物);无价值的东西
a white elephant 无用的累赘东西;沉重的负担
原声例句
海明威短篇小说精选

" They look like white elephants, " she said.

“它们看起来就像一群白象。”她说。

VOA常速英语_中东

The term white elephant traces back to Thailand.

白象”这个词可以追溯到泰国。

CNN 10 学生英语 2018年10月合集

They don't need to get it at a " white elephant" party.

他们不需要在“白象”派对上得到它。

经济学人-国际

Some call this a “train to nowhere”, others a white elephant.

一些人把它叫做“无所适从的列车”,其它人则说它是华而不实,赘而无用

海明威短篇小说精选

I said the mountains looked like white elephants.

我说这些山看上去像群白象

VOA常速英语_中东

Some experts say the country has built itself a herd of white elephants.

一些专家说,这个国家已经为自己建立了一群“白象”。

BBC 听力 2022年8月合集

Ancient rulers across Southeast Asia kept white elephants because of the good luck they were thought to bring.

整个东南亚的古代统治者都会饲养白象,因为人们认为它们能带来好运。

VOA常速英语_中东

Buddha's mother dreamed a white elephant had entered her womb when she was pregnant with him.

佛陀的母亲怀着佛陀时,曾梦见一头白象进入了她的子宫。

经济学人(汇总)

Some, such as GIFT City, a pet project of Narendra Modi, the prime minister, in Gujarat, look like white elephants.

一些项目,比如纳伦德拉·莫迪总理喜欢的古吉拉特邦国际金融科技城项目,看起来价值不菲且华而不实

MBTI人格图鉴

Does anyone here even like the white elephant gift exchange?

这里有人甚至喜欢白象礼物交换吗?

近义、反义、联想词
近义词
n.
possession, Indian elephant, Elephas maximus

英英词典
white elephant n.
  1. a valuable possession whose upkeep is excessively expensive
  2. albinic Indian elephant; rare and sometimes venerated in east Asia
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