white elephant

1. N-COUNT If you describe something as a white elephant, you mean that it is a waste of money because it is completely useless. 昂貴卻無(wú)用的東西[表不滿]

The venture has been widely dismissed as a $264 million white elephant. 普遍認(rèn)為該2.64億美元的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)投資華而不實(shí)。