white elephant meaning in English
白象;〔美俚〕累赘的东西;赘疣。
Examples
- Jan's factory is an absolute white elephant .
简的那个工厂成了一个大包袱。 - The king used a white elephant to punish any of his officials who displeased him .
国王用白象去惩治任何一个使他不快的大臣。 - That ' s the big white elephant in our house
这就是我们家的“大白象” ! (不知所云) - That ' s the big white elephant in our house
这就是我们家的“大白象” ! (不知所云) - 3we don ' t want it . it ' s “ a white elephant
我们不想要这个沉重的负担