1. The new office block has become an expensive white elephant.
这座新办公大楼成了昂贵的摆设。

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2. The venture has been widely dismissed as a $264 million white elephant.
普遍认为该2.64亿美元的风险投资华而不实。

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3. That vase is a white elephant.
那个花瓶是个累赘。

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4. I saw an unusual white elephant.
我看到一只罕见的白象。

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5. There's a white elephant sale today.
今天有珍品要廉价拍卖。

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6. We'll be trapped with white elephant stadiums.
现在他们又在用体育场馆这头白色大象来糊弄我们。

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7. Eg: that would be a white elephant to me.
我们不想要这个沉重的负担。

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8. Our first flag had a white elephant on it.
我们的第一面国旗上就绘著一头白象!

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9. A motor car would be a white elephant to me.
对我来说汽车可能是个累赘。

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10. My new car turned out to be my white elephant.
我的新车成了我的累赘。

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11. There is a white elephant in our national flag.
我们的国旗白色的大象。

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12. Who would have thought to meet a white elephant.
谁会想到会遇到一头白象啊!

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13. That is a white elephant, and you'll never like it.
那是个大而累赘的东西,你不会喜欢它的。

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14. I'll never buy a car, for it's only a white elephant.
我决不买汽车,因为它对我只会是一个累赘。

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15. Buying such a white elephant is simply wasting money.
买这样大而无用的东西完全是浪费金钱。

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16. The teacher told us not to have a white elephant to keep.
老师叫我们不要背上沉重的包袱。

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17. The project was believed to be nothing but a white elephant.
这个项目被认为只是一项沉重的负担。

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18. Mike doesn't want the house, it always has been a white elephant.
迈克不想要那房子,它一向是个累赘。

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19. In Thailand and India, a white elephant is regarded as a sacred animal.
在泰国和印度,白象被视为神圣的动物。

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20. A motorcar would be a white elephant to him, because he cannot drive it.
汽车对他一点用都没有,因为他不会驾驶。

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21. Each holiday for me seemed like a white elephant, a thing which can't make people excited.
每一个节日对于我来说如同鸡肘,令人提不起劲。

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22. She doesn't like music at all, and the piano you bought for her is really a white elephant.
她根本不喜欢音乐,你买的钢琴对她来说确实是一个累赘。

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23. His newly employed woman servant was extremely lazy and ate a lot, no more than a white elephant.
他新雇佣的女佣相当懒,并且吃的比大象还多。

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24. Technology is technology, and the lack of proper pedagogy leads only to an expensive white elephant.
技术毕竟是技术,如果缺少教学法的指导,再好的技术也只能是昂贵的附属品。

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25. Technology is technology, and the lack of proper pedagogy leads only to an expensive white elephant.
技术毕竟是技术,如果缺少教学法的指导,再好的技术也只能是昂贵的附属品。

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