1·Does that mean Pittsburgh will be a damp squib?
这不是意味着匹兹堡会议会一无所获？
2·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。
3·After the damp squib of Lisbon, further big treaties look unlikely.
里斯本条约落空后，更大的条约不太可能达成了。
4·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。
5·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。
6·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。