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词汇 fizzle
释义 fizzle
verb[ I ]
uk /ˈfɪz.əl/ us /ˈfɪz.əl/
mainly US
to gradually end: 逐渐结束;逐渐破灭
Interest in the project fizzled after the funding was withdrawn.撤资后,人们对此项目的兴趣逐渐丧失殆尽。
UK
to make a weak continuous s sound: 发出微弱的咝咝声
The fire fizzled miserably in the rain.火被雨浇得咝咝作响,快要灭了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Coming to an end
closure
cloture
come off
come to a full stopidiom
come to a headidiom
end
finish line
finish up
finishing line
fizzle out
go out (of) the windowidiom
head
let
road
run
sunset
taper
taper off
the sun sets on somethingidiom
wind something up

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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact

Phrasal verb


fizzle out

fizzle | American Dictionary


fizzle
verb[ I ]
us/ˈfɪz·əl/
to finish slowly in a way that is disappointing or has become less interesting:
I like the way the movie starts but then it fizzles out.

Examples of fizzle


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There is often an initial indication of interest, but then it fizzles out and no cash materialises.
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The rocket motor has fizzled out like a damp squib.
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They have fizzled out and, as has been suggested, the two colonels now are in comparative amity.
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We made a feeble start in the schools with secondary technical schools, and it fizzled out.
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Very often the largest and reddest rocket, when the match was applied, only fizzled.
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The pilot studies of take-up seem to have fizzled out.
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They persisted with that, and then the great welfare reform campaign fizzled out into chatter about anti-fraud measures.
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The attempt fizzled out, as attempts in all parts of the country have fizzled out.
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The bright flame has spluttered and fizzled out.
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We have had the promise of a great rebellion, but it has all fizzled out.
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Consequently, the report fizzled out as the general election approached.
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The shocks we were preparing ourselves for have fizzled out.
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I have known brilliant boys and girls of 7 or 8 years of age "fizzling out" by the time they have taken their 11-plus examination.
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Why has this opposition fizzled out?
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The whole thing fizzled out.
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