| 词汇 | damp-squib |
| 释义 | damp squib noun[ C ] UKuk /ˌdæmp ˈskwɪb/ us /ˌdæmp ˈskwɪb/ an event that is not as exciting or popular as people thought it would be: 令人空欢喜之事;效果不理想之事 After all that media attention, the whole event turned out to be a bit of a damp squib, with very few people attending.那次活动虽然媒体很关注，但来参加的人却寥寥无几，与预期相差甚远。 Disappointing yourself and others abjectly anticlimactic anticlimax be cracked up to be somethingidiom be one in the eye for someoneidiom blow break bubble disappointment disenchantment dishearten disheartening dishearteningly fail let the side downidiom letdown non-event not all it's cracked up to beidiom pity sick Examples of damp squibdamp squib The core of the book - and subtitle - turns out to be a brief, dampsquib. It is to create an explosion in our ranks, whereas, in fact, all they have been able to do is to produce a dampsquib. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If there ever was a dampsquib it was that, because it had no relation whatever to realities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The whole thing has become a dampsquib. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Its intentions—to be generous to those who drew up the declaration—may have been sincere, but it has proved to be a political dampsquib. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The much-trumpeted deregulation initiative is a dampsquib; it is a mouse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I must say that it was something of a dampsquib, and that we did not rehearse this question. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What we have had today has been a dampsquib. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Almost 12 months on, that bonfire has not happened—indeed, it has been a dampsquib. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the whole, it was a dampsquib. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am saying that not many will be needed, because 1992 will be a dampsquib. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At least to some extent that will be a dampsquib. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One only has to look at what a dampsquib insider trading has turned out to be recently. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is my experience that the straw just fizzles and goes out like a dampsquib. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he accept that we have not had even a few sparks, only a dampsquib? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of damp squib These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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