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词汇 spin your wheels
释义
Idiom
spin your wheelsspin (your) wheels
to use a lot of effort but not get anything done.
For almost an hour now he had been spinning his wheels, accomplishing nothing.Seattle was spinning wheels while Texas beat New York to take a two-game lead in the division.
idiomspin your wheels AmEAmEto be in a situation in which there is very little or no progress:Spinning their wheels again this week, the State Legislature agreed on nothing in the attempt to balance the state budget.I guess it just occurred to us, after spinning our wheels for three years, another two or three hours past the deadline wasn't going to make a difference.

spin (one's) wheels

To waste one's time or energy idly or frivolously; to neither progress nor regress, but remain in a fixed, neutral position. They kept me on to manage what's left of this division, but to be honest, I've just been spinning my wheels here for the last couple of years. We haven't been able to do anything new until more funding comes in, so the project is just spinning its wheels for the moment.

spin your wheels

mainly AMERICAN
If someone spins their wheels, they fail to achieve anything satisfactory. He's not getting anywhere. He's just spinning his wheels. For almost an hour now he had been spinning his wheels, accomplishing nothing.

spin your wheels

waste your time or efforts. North American informal
2001 Time As long as our national energy policy is demand-driven…we will continue to spin our wheels.

spin your ˈwheels

use your time, energy, etc. without achieving anything: I had the feeling that the company was spinning its wheels and getting nowhere. ▶ ˈwheel-spinning noun: Save yourself some wheel-spinning and head to the library.
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