Finding a cure for cancer has been the white whale of medical research.

尋找癌症的治療方法一直是醫學研究的白鯨。

For many archaeologists, discovering the lost city of Atlantis is their ultimate white whale.

對於許多考古學家來說，發現失落的亞特蘭蒂斯城是他們最終的白鯨。