damp squib

常見例句

雙語例句

• After the damp squib of Lisbon, further big treaties look unlikely.
  里斯本條約落空后，更大的條約不太可能達(dá)成了。
• It was a bit of a damp squib, making no firm recommendations and proposing no new regulation or legislation.
  不過它就像一個受潮了的爆竹，既沒有給出堅決的建議，也沒有提出新的規(guī)章或者法規(guī)。
• A German-led initiative set hopes flickering when mooted early this year, but reforms finally agreed in March proved a damp squib.
  由德國主導(dǎo)的一套創(chuàng)新方案，當(dāng)今年年初提出來的時候希望能讓人眼前一亮，但是最終于3月同意的改革證明是失敗的。

權(quán)威例句

• Mr Bush's signature domestic reform, Social Security, is turning into a damp squib.
  ECONOMIST: George Bush and his main adviser are in a pickle
• It is not surprising, come to think about it, that the birthday bash was rather a damp squib.
  ECONOMIST: Ever closer union, 40 years on The
• In the event, however, the protest was a bit of a damp squib.
  ECONOMIST: Taking the friendly skies to excess
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