squib

常見例句

雙語例句

• As a fuel for stocks, that's got about as much bang as a wet squib a week after the Fourth of July.
  可是若把這個(gè)做爲(wèi)提振股市而弄出的響動(dòng)的話，就如同獨(dú)立日過了一周後，點(diǎn)了一個(gè)水泡了的爆竹。
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• 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(gè)受潮了的爆竹，既沒有給出堅(jiān)決的建議，也沒有提出新的槼章或者法槼。
• Indeed, the event would have been a complete damp squib were it not for the accompanying razzmatazz of the rugby world cup, which also got going in New Zealand.
  事實(shí)上，如果不是因爲(wèi)正在新西蘭擧行的橄欖球世界盃這一盛事，此次峰會(huì)從頭到尾都是一個(gè)敗筆。

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
• Whatever his exact intentions, Mr Arroyo and his squib are not going to reignite the Habsburg-Valois wars.
  ECONOMIST: If in doubt, bash the French
• 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
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