a white elephant 汉语意思： 昂贵而无用的东西，累赘，华而不实之物 例句： The old mansion became a white elephant — too costly to maintain and hard to sell. 那栋旧宅邸成了个累赘——维护费用太高，又很难卖掉。 He bought a fancy gadget that turned out to be a white elephant; it just collects dust now. 他买了一个花哨的小玩意儿，结果发现华而不实，现在只是积灰而已。