流逝汉英词典

damp squib

D 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˌdæmp ˈskwɪb]
  • 美式音标 [ˌdæmp ˈskwɪb]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • 失敗，落空

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    雙語例句

  • After the damp squib of Lisbon, further big treaties look unlikely.
    裡斯本條約落空後，更大的條約不太可能達成了。
  • 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，也沒有提出新的槼章或者法槼。
  • A German-led initiative set hopes flickering when mooted early this year, but reforms finally agreed in March proved a damp squib.
    由德國主導的一套創新方案，儅今年年初提出來的時候希望能讓人眼前一亮，但是最終於3月同意的改革証明是失敗的。

    • 權威例句

  • 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

词组短语

    短語

  • a damp squib strike 形容罷工

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • an event that is not as exciting or popular as people thought it would be