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1·Her scheme of being a movie star is a wild-goose chase.

她想成为电影明星的计划可以说是希望渺茫。

2·Make it the object of pursuit and it leads us on a wild-goose chase, and is never attained.

倘若你把它当作目标来追求，那将是一场白费心机的追逐，永远也不会成功。

3·Harry wondered if Potts had deliberately sent him on a wild goose chase.

哈里怀疑波茨故意派他出去瞎找一番。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·The Afghan strategy review has been too public and taken too long; the Middle East peace hunt has become a wild goose chase.

阿富汗战略回顾过于高调并耗时过长，寻求中东和平的努力变得徒劳无功。

5·It looks like this is nothing but a wild goose chase.

追野鹅？我们找路还来不及呢，哪还有时间去追野鹅？

6·Often, the search for a skilful manager turns out to be a wild-golden-goose chase.

通常，对有技巧的经理的搜寻最终都是徒劳无功。

7·The reporter was sent on a wild goose chase, for the monster he was to investigate had never really existed.

记者被派了去作徒劳无益的调查，因为他要查寻的怪物根本不存在。

8·As Nathan was led on a wild goose chase, we all waited quietly in the lounge, with the lights dimmed low and the cake's candles lit.

当内森在外面跑的时候，我们大家都在休息厅里静静地等，把灯光变暗，将蛋糕蜡烛点燃。

9·You're led on a wild goose chase if you look for an apartment in the papers.

如果你指望通过报纸找到公寓，那是白费劲。

10·Lois said she knew the way so we followed her car, but she took us on a wild goose chase all round the country lanes instead of taking the direct route along the main road.

洛伊斯说她认识路，因此我们跟在她的汽车后面，但是她带着我们老是绕着乡村单向行车道徒劳地行驶，而不是沿着大道笔直行驶。