大家好,歡迎來的餅哥英語的頻道,今天我們分享一個非常有用且地道的表達——空歡喜, 這個短語的英文不是“empty excitement”,其正确的含義是:
damp squib 令人空歡喜之事;效果不理想之事
After all that media attention, the whole event turned out to be a bit of a damp squib, with very few people attending.
那次活動雖然媒體很關注,但來參加的人卻寥寥無幾,真是件令人空歡喜的事情。
Thefilmgot a lot of hype,but I thought it was a bit of a dampsquib.
這部電影做了大肆的宣傳,但是我想真的是有點效果不理想。
The whole campaign turned out to be a damp squib.
整個活動結果是令人空歡喜的事情。
In the end, the party turned out to be rather a damp squib. Half the people who'd been invited didn't turn up.
最後,派對原來是一件令人空歡喜的事情。 被邀請的人有一半沒有出席。
About 40 people were expected to come to their wedding anniversary. But only 15 people turned up. It was bit of damp squib.
預期将會有40人來參加他們的結婚周年紀念日,但是僅僅來了15個人,真是令人空歡喜一場啊!
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