单词fool-s-errand
In an interview with The Atlantic magazine, the top U. S. diplomat accused China "of trying to stop history, which is a fool"s errand. "
在接受《大西洋》月刊的采访是，这位美国高级外交官称中国“妄图改变历史”。
Gibbs: Jack, it"s a fool"s errand. Well, you know better than me the tales of the Black Pearl.
杰克：我想去寻找黑珍珠。我知道黑珍珠在哪儿。我会找到它的。
It was a death wish, a fool"s errand, and he had never courted death or been a fool.
这是一次死亡之旅，一次傻瓜差事，而他，从未被判死刑，也从来没有当过傻瓜。
So I"d agree with you. A fool"s errand, no doubt about it.
所以我同意你的话，我这些举动还真是愚蠢行为，毫无疑问。
"One hopes that these things are useful, " he said, "but it can be a fool"s errand to try to detect any immediate use for them. "
“人们希望这些东西是有用的，”他说，“但是，试图探究这些交流的直接效用是傻瓜才做的事情。”
Trying to single out financiers from entrepreneurs is a fool"s errand: you will end up hurting both.
试图从企业家中挑选出金融家不愚蠢的：最终会两败俱伤。
But trying to legislate trade balance is a fool"s errand.
然而，要知道通过立法来平衡贸易只是徒劳。
By sending him out there on a plausible fool"s errand, it keeps the heat off of us while we engage in the business at hand.
把那帮蠢货差遣去做个看起来很正式的任务可以使我们忙手头上的工作的时候不那么受关注。
The people who advised to come to me for money sent you on a fool"s errand. I never lend money.
建议我们到这儿来借钱的人让你白跑了一趟了，我从不借钱。
Micro-optimizing the steps of an inefficient algorithm is a fool"s errand.
对低效算法步骤进行细微的优化是徒劳无益的事情。