damp squib
常见例句
- After the damp squib of Lisbon, further big treaties look unlikely.
里斯本条约落空后，更大的条约不太可能达成了。 - It was a bit of a damp squib, making no firm recommendations and proposing no new regulation or legislation.
不过它就像一个受潮了的爆竹，既没有给出坚决的建议，也没有提出新的规章或者法规。 - A German-led initiative set hopes flickering when mooted early this year, but reforms finally agreed in March proved a damp squib.
由德国主导的一套创新方案，当今年年初提出来的时候希望能让人眼前一亮，但是最终于3月同意的改革证明是失败的。 - 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.
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