wild-goose chase

We wasted all day a wild-goose chase.

我们徒劳无功的浪费了一整天.

and over hills and valleys. She cheered hunting dogs and pursued animals of a harmless sort. They had a great time together. However, she warned him many times not to chase wild beasts like lions and wolves, but the young man just laughed at the idea.

她跟着猎狗，欢呼雀跃，追赶着无害的动物。他们一起渡过了一段美好时光。虽然她奉劝了他许多次不要捕杀像狮子和狼这样的野兽，但年轻人只是嘲笑她的想法。

Hah! Thought I'd dragged you down here on a wild-goose chase, didn't you?

嘿! 你是否在想我已经象老鹰抓小鸡似地把你一把拖到这里来了, 对 吗 ?

Bob led the police on a wild-goose chase.

鲍勃使警察的搜寻白费心机。

We wasted all day on a wild-goose chase.

我们徒劳无功的浪费了一整天。

He sent us on a wild-goose chase.

他派我们去干一件劳而无功的差使。

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

哈里疑心波茨故意让他白费力气地瞎找一通。

He's asking us to fund a wild-goose chase.

他是让我们的钱打水漂。

It feels like a wild-goose chase, doesn't it?

徒劳地在搜索，对不对？

From the beginning he has never concealed his belief that Professor Challenger is an absolute fraud that we are all embarked upon an absurd wild-goose chase

自一开始，他就从未掩饰他认为Challenger教授是个彻底冒牌货的观点。他相信我们都在从事一场荒唐的、白费力气的追逐。

I've been sent on a wild-goose chase!

我被派去做徒劳无益的搜寻。

The hoaxer had sent the police on a wild-goose chase.

那个捣蛋的人让警方白白搜索了一番.

She feels what Mr. Wang is doing is a wild-goose chase.

(她觉得王先生所做的是徒劳之举. )

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

倘若你把它当做目标来追求，那将是一场白费心机的追逐，永远也不会成功。

It was a wild goose chase.

这是白费力气.

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.

" Hah! Thought I'd dragged you down here on a wild-goose chase, didn't you?"

“嘿！你是否在想我已经象老鹰抓小鸡似地把你一把拖到这里来了，对吗？”

Hammond's check cleared, or I wouldn't go on this wild-goose chase.

哈蒙德的支票兑现, 我才肯去追踪猎物.否则不是白费力气.

I may want to contact clinician to get little more clinical information before I have a wild-goose chase.

在我作出“捉野雁”式的诊断之前，我会与临床医生联系以获得更多临床信息。