A white elephant
沉重的负担, 无用的累赘东西
🧩 词语组成解析
white
[waɪt]
adj. 白色的，纯洁的;无色的，透明的;白衣的;白种人的;
n. 白色;白种人;空白;白色颜料;
vt. （书写，印刷等）留出空白处;使变白色，刷白;漂白;
elephant
['ɛlɪfənt]
n. 象，大象;
🗣️ 情景例句
The media is amazing these days, we can watch world changing events happen live right in front of our eyes.
现在媒体却实很神奇，我们能亲眼目睹世界上刚发生的事情。
We usually deal on a 20% trade discount basis with an additional quantity discount for orders over 1000 units.
我们通常给予20%的商业折扣，外加订货1000件以上的数量折扣。
It threatened to surround him completely, but Tazieff managed to escape just in time.
眼看就要将他团团围住，但塔捷耶夫还是设法及时逃离了。