a fool's errand
基本解释
- 徒劳的任务
英汉例句
- A fool's errand, you say.
你会说，这还真是愚蠢的行为。
voice-english.com - Many believed this was a fool's errand.
许多人认为是做蠢事。 - You forced me into visiting him last year, and promised, if I went to see him, he should marry one of my daughters. But it ended in nothing, and I will not be sent on a fool's errand again.
不去，不去，去年你硬逼着我去看他，说什么只要我去看了他，他就会挑中我们的某一个女儿做太太，可是结果只落得一场空，我再也不干这种傻事了。 - Until you're a proficient reader of a language, writing in our language is a fool's errand.
你只有成为一个熟练的读者，才有可能成为一个好的作者。
英语阅读：技巧 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人 - But bringing them down close to zero, in government or in any other sphere, will remain a fool's errand.
ECONOMIST: The price of prudence - What they told members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ranged from tentative support for the plan to calling it a fool's errand.
NPR: Retired Army Generals Criticize Bush's Iraq Plan - Is the small car market a fool's errand?
FORBES: OutFront