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单词 damp squib
释义
damp squib
noun[C]
UK
uk
/ˌdæmp ˈskwɪb/us
/ˌdæmp ˈskwɪb/
aneventthat is not asexcitingorpopularaspeoplethoughtit would be:
令人空欢喜之事；效果不理想之事
After all thatmediaattention, thewholeeventturnedout to be abitof adampsquib, with very fewpeopleattending.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。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Disappointing yourself and others
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  • dishearten
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(Definition ofdamp squibfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdamp squib

damp squib
Watch the first half and laugh your total head-off, but at the second half, try to enjoy adampsquib!
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The core of the book - and subtitle - turns out to be a brief,dampsquib.
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It is to create an explosion in our ranks, whereas, in fact, all they have been able to do is to produce adampsquib.
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If there ever was adampsquibit was that, because it had no relation whatever to realities.
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The whole thing has become adampsquib.
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Its intentions—to be generous to those who drew up the declaration—may have been sincere, but it has proved to be a politicaldampsquib.
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The much-trumpeted deregulation initiative is adampsquib; it is a mouse.
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I must say that it was something of adampsquib, and that we did not rehearse this question.
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What we have had today has been adampsquib.
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Almost 12 months on, that bonfire has not happened—indeed, it has been adampsquib.
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On the whole, it was adampsquib.
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I am saying that not many will be needed, because 1992 will be adampsquib.
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At least to some extent that will be adampsquib.
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One only has to look at what adampsquibinsider trading has turned out to be recently.
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It is my experience that the straw just fizzles and goes out like adampsquib.
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