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As a fuel for stocks, that's got about as much bang as a wet squib a week after the Fourth of July.
可是若把這個(gè)做爲(wèi)提振股市而弄出的響動(dòng)的話，就如同獨(dú)立日過了一周後，點(diǎn)了一個(gè)水泡了的爆竹。
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It was a bit of a damp squib, making no firm recommendations and proposing no new regulation or legislation.
不過它就像一個(gè)受潮了的爆竹，既沒有給出堅(jiān)決的建議，也沒有提出新的槼章或者法槼。
Indeed, the event would have been a complete damp squib were it not for the accompanying razzmatazz of the rugby world cup, which also got going in New Zealand.
事實(shí)上，如果不是因爲(wèi)正在新西蘭擧行的橄欖球世界盃這一盛事，此次峰會(huì)從頭到尾都是一個(gè)敗筆。

Mr Bush's signature domestic reform, Social Security, is turning into a damp squib.
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Whatever his exact intentions, Mr Arroyo and his squib are not going to reignite the Habsburg-Valois wars.
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It is not surprising, come to think about it, that the birthday bash was rather a damp squib.
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a small firework consisting of a tube filled with powder that makes a hissing noise when it is lit

a firework, usually having a tube filled with gunpowder, that burns with a hissing noise and culminates in a small explosion
to sound, move, or explode like a squib