fizzled

英 [ˈfɪzld]

美 [ˈfɪzld]

v.  (火等)发出嘶嘶声
fizzle的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 虎头蛇尾地结束;草草收场
  If somethingfizzles, it ends in a weak or disappointing way after starting off strongly.
  1. Our relationship fizzled into nothing.
     我们的关系无果而终了。
  2. Fizzle outmeans the same asfizzle.
     fizzle out 同 fizzle
  3. The railway strike fizzled out on its second day as drivers returned to work.
     由于司机复工，铁路罢工第二天就草草收场了。

双语例句

• A year later the venture has fizzled.
  一年后，其投资泡汤了。
• Russia's president hoped at one point to nip up to Riga to upstage the NATO summit and mark the birthday of his French counterpart and friend, Jacques Chirac& but this plan fizzled out.
  俄罗斯总统曾希望前往里加短暂一行，一方面抢抢北约首脑会议的风头，另一方面为法国总统、他的老朋友雅克·希拉克庆祝生日。但这一计划未能实施。
• Prosecution of the case fizzled out for lack of conclusive evidence.
  这件案子因证据不足，也就不了了之了。
• The field that seems to have fizzled has barely begun to live.
  这个看上去奄奄一息的一领域刚开始出现生气。
• During the past three hours-he had thought up many-wonderful plans, but now they had all fizzled out.
  过去的三小时内，他使了多少心计，不料全盘落空了。
• The plan fizzled out.
  计划告吹了。
• The firecracker fizzled but didn't explode.
  爆竹发出微弱的嘶嘶声但没有爆炸。
• Our relationship fizzled into nothing.
  我们的关系无果而终了。
• The firecracker fizzled instead of exploding with a bang.
  鞭炮发嘶嘶声但是没有爆炸。
• If I'd stayed a lawyer, I could have made it work for a while, but I would have fizzled out and eventually because I didn't love it.
  如果我继续做一名律师，我可能会干得还不错，但是我不会辉煌，因为我并不爱这个工作。