Boondoggling
“Boondoggling” 指正在从事看似忙碌却缺乏实际价值的活动,或浪费公帑/工时的项目,如 boondoggling on side projects(在旁枝末节上耗时间)或 another boondoggling initiative(又一个劳民伤财的倡议)。
- “Stop boondoggling and focus on the release.” (别磨洋工了,专心发版。)
- “The committee was accused of boondoggling instead of fixing real problems.” (委员会被指责在搞花架子,而非解决真问题。)
- “He realized he had been boondoggling with fancy tools all week.” (他意识到自己整周都在折腾花哨工具、没干正事。)
“Boondoggle” 据称源于 1920 年代童军手工皮绳项目,后在美国新政时期被用来讽刺浪费性公共工程;词源带戏谑色彩。
名词 boondoggle 动词化后加 “-ing”,表示正在进行的低效或形式主义活动。
该词在美国政治与商业评论中常形容“花大钱办小事”;在开发者 spinner 里,“boondoggling” 自嘲式暗示等待时间略长、像在瞎忙。
- 固定搭配: “boondoggling project” (劳民伤财的项目), “stop boondoggling” (别磨洋工)
- 原形: boondoggle
- 名词: boondoggle
- 形容词: boondoggling(亦可作形容词)
“boondoggle + ing”:忙了半天像在做皮绳手工一样没产出——boondoggling 就是正在瞎忙活。
“Convinced he was boondoggling, she closed three tabs and reran the build with a clean config.” (觉得他在瞎折腾,她关掉三个标签页,用干净配置重新构建。)