"A white elephant" means something that is useless, although it may cost a lot of money.
“白象”指的是无用却很昂贵的东西。
The new office block has become an expensive white elephant.
这座新办公大楼成了昂贵的摆设。
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。
That vase is a white elephant.
那个花瓶是个累赘。
I saw an unusual white elephant.
我看到一只罕见的白象。
There's a white elephant sale today.
今天有珍品要廉价拍卖。
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。
Eg: that would be a white elephant to me.
我们不想要这个沉重的负担。
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！
A motor car would be a white elephant to me.
对我来说汽车可能是个累赘。
My new car turned out to be my white elephant.
我的新车成了我的累赘。
There is a white elephant in our national flag.
我们的国旗白色的大象。
Who would have thought to meet a white elephant.
谁会想到会遇到一头白象啊！
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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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