Fix upon a person to do a task.

The young writer's first novel was wonderful, but it was just a flash in the pan; he never wrote another.

那个年轻作者的第一部小说很轰动，但只不过是昙花一现，他再也没有出过第二本书。

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A flash in the pan is something that starts out really well, but lasts for only a very short amount of time.

哦，就是昙花一现！你是说，你希望这个新投手不要在开始的时候表现很出色，但很快就默默无闻了。

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We're hoping that this is a long-term opportunity, and not just a flash in the pan.

我们希望这是一个长远的机会，而不会只是昙花一现。

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A flash in the pan.

昙花一现。

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"He did write a wonderful book, but it was just a flash in the pan."

“他是写出了一部佳作，可是那只是昙花一现。”

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I'm afraid that my success as a painter was just a flash in the pan.

我担心我当画家的成功只是昙花一现。

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But various political newspapers emerged in Shanghai, but all of them were just a flash in the pan.

同时指出，各种政治报纸在上海得以异军突起，但是又昙花一现。

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We'll have to see if this effort really does take off or whether it's just another flash in the pan.

我们会看到这一行为究竟是真的能发挥作用呢，还只是又一个昙花一现罢了。

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He was indeed popular for a short time, but he didn't last long, just a flash in the pan.

他的确红了一阵子，但好景不长，只不过是昙花一现而已。

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During wartime, the peaceful moments like this are nothing but a flash in the pan.

在战争期间，像这样的安宁时刻只不过是昙花一现。

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When I first heard the news, I too dismissed it as a flash in the pan.

我一开始听到这个消息时，也认为这事长不了。

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The most of pop singers are a flash in the pan.

大多数的流行歌手都是昙花一现。

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That play of his was a flash in the pan; he hasn't written a thing of value since.

他的那部剧作可谓昙花一现，此后他再也没有写出过有价值的东西了。

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His first novel was a flash in the pan, and he hasn't written anything decent since.

他的部小说如昙花一现，此后他再没写出像样的东西。

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That brilliant poem he write when young is a mere flash in the pan.

他年轻时写的那手辉煌的诗，只是昙花一现而已。

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Horowitz playing, we often have some unexpected flash in the pan.

霍洛维茨在演奏时，经常会有一些意想不到的神来之笔。

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A: But life needs passion, even it> s a flash in the pan.

可生活也需要激情呀，即使是昙花一现。

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Different wounds, such as literary reflection of a flash in the pan trends.

不同于伤痕、反思等文学思潮的昙花一现，新历史小说有着强大的生命力。

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This book was just a flash in the pan; he'll never write another one as good.

这本书只是昙花一现，他再也写不出这么好的书了。

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I thought it was all a flash in the pan.

我曾认为一切都只是昙花一现。

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