8. Wild Goose Chase: 復(fù)雜又無(wú)果的追尋或搜索；徒勞無(wú)果

How Shakespeare used it:

In Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio likens the rapid exchange of jokes between Romeo and himself to the cross-country horse race of Shakespeare's time, known as the wild goose chase, in which any number of riders tried to keep up with and accurately follow the lead rider's course:

"Nay, if our wits run the wild-goose chase, I am done; for thou / hast more of the wild goose in one of thy wits than, I am sure, I / have in my whole five." (Act 2, Scene 4)

莎士比亞原文：在《羅密歐與朱麗葉》中，馬庫(kù)修將他和羅密歐之間機(jī)智的笑話(huà)比拼比做莎士比亞時(shí)期的跨境賽馬，即“追野鵝”，比賽中所有騎手都要盡力追上并精準(zhǔn)跟隨在騎手領(lǐng)袖的陣型中：“不行啊，如果咱們倆的智商比拼像追野鵝那樣的話(huà)，我就完蛋了，因?yàn)槟闳魏我粋€(gè)智慧陣型中的野鵝都比我全部5個(gè)陣型里的多?！保ǖ?幕第4場(chǎng)）

現(xiàn)代例句：

"Seriously just went on a wild goose chase for a place to study. Everything is packed so I found an empty classroom in the math building." — TheHeartquake on Twitter, May 11, 2009