| 单词 | boondoggling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈboondoggling ˈboondoggling n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > futile activity vanity1303 superfluitya1398 mappery1609 waste-time1609 tautology1639 boondoggling1935 taradiddle1970 1935 H. L. Ickes Secret Diary (1953) I. 435 I am for substantial, worth-while, and socially desirable public works, while Hopkins is for what has come to be known as boondoggling. 1937 Amer. Speech 12 6 [In the 1936 American election] boondoggling became the current term for describing the waste assertedly evident in..government agencies and bureaus. 1949 R. K. Merton Social Theory ii.vi. 178 This eliminates the very rationale of the intellectual's work and dissipates his interest in his work, leading to the ‘boondoggling neurosis’. < as lemmas |
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