fizzling

基本解释

• v.发嘶嘶声；(虎头蛇尾般地)结束；失败
• n.嘶嘶声；失败

同根派生

英汉例句

用作动词 (v.)

• The firecracker fizzled but didn't explode.
  爆竹发出微弱的嘶嘶声但没有爆炸。
• The play fizzled out at the end.
  那出戏的结局不精采。
• After a promising start, the project soon fizzled out.
  这项计划开始时很有希望,但不久就失败了。
• Their struggle for the dominance of the world is destined to fizzle.
  他们对这个世界的实权之争注定要失败。

用作名词 (n.)

• The whole project was a fizzle.
  整个计划失败了。