wild goose chase是什么意思：n.（根据错误信息进行的）徒劳寻找，白费力气的追逐；

 

　　wild goose chase的例句和用法

　　The reporter was sent on a wild goose chase, for the monster he was to investigate had never really existed.
　　记者被派了去作徒劳无益的调查，因为他要查寻的怪物根本不存在。