damp squib

However, for those seeking hard evidence of what this summit signifies, it may be a damp squib.

然而，对那些试图为这场峰会的意义寻找确凿证据的人而言，它或许会是一门哑炮。

The pop concert went off like a damp squib when the main actors failed to appear.

由于主要演员没出场,那场流行音乐会结果失败了.

The Copenhagen climate accord may have been a damp squib, but it pushed governments a bit further in the right direction.

哥本哈根气候协议也许令人失望，但它推动各国政府向着正确方向稍微迈进了一步。

The joke which I thought would make her laugh, proved a damp squib.

我本以为这笑话能博得她一笑, 结果却毫无反应.

Does that mean Pittsburgh will be a damp squib?

这是否预示着匹兹堡峰会将会无所作为呢？

The all-party meeting was a damp squib.

全党大会没有取得预期效果。

German-led initiative set hopes flickering when mooted early this year, but reforms finally agreed in March proved a damp squib.

一场有德国发起的希望在今年早些时候能够有所突破，但最终在三月通过的改革最还是成了一纸空文。

The pop concert went off like a damp squib when the main act failed to appear.

由于主要演员没出场,那流行音乐会结果失败了.

The party was a bit of a damp squib.

这次聚会有些扫兴.

It was a bit of a damp squib, making no firm recommendations and proposing no new regulation or legislation.

不过它就像一个受潮了的爆竹，既没有给出坚决的建议，也没有提出新的规章或者法规。

North Korea's nuclear test was a damp squib in market terms.

北朝的核实验对于市场而言,也不过是一枚哑炮而已.

After all that media attention, the whole event turned out a bit of a damp squib with almost nobody attending.

媒介对此事都十分关注，而结果是因为几乎无人参加而使整件事泡了汤。

So far the torpedo has proved a damp squib, with observers arguing that Europe has not gained any leverage to press its demands.

迄今为止，鱼雷已经证明只是一记哑炮。观察者称，欧洲没有获得任何筹码来强调其要求。

This means the review could be a damp squib [ 5].

这意味着回顾报告可能起不到任何效果。