An investigative reporter discovered that one of the projects we funded was a boondoggle.

一份调查报告显示，我们资助的一个项目纯粹是浪费钱。

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And then there was another crazy idea of building a capital on a square of swampland thatseemed mainly to be a boondoggle for wealthy land speculators at the time.

此外，还有一个疯狂的搬迁首都例子，就是在一片沼泽地上建立一个都城，这在当时看来简直就是有钱的土地投机商的异想天开。

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And then there was another crazy idea of building a capital on a square of swampland thatseemed mainly to be a boondoggle for wealthy land speculators at the time.

此外，还有一个疯狂的搬迁首都例子，就是在一片沼泽地上建立一个都城，这在当时看来简直就是有钱的土地投机商的异想天开。

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