昙花一现的

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。

Viewed from the perspective of history,life is but a flash in the pan.

从历史的角度视之，生命不过是昙花一现而已。

His first novel was a flash in the pan.

他的第一部小说只是昙花一现。

Most of popular singers are a flash in the pan.

大多数的流行歌手都是昙花一现。

Most of pop singers are a flash in the pan.

大多数的流行歌手都是昙花一现。

Are you just a passing traveller in my life, a flash in the pan?

难道你我真的是生命中的过客，在生命中昙花一现吗？

Most of the popular singer are a flash in the pan.

大多数的流行歌手都是昙花一现。

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。

Were 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。a flash in the pan，昙花一现。

Indeed, they often act as a linguistic fossil record, preserving objects and behaviour that have long since fallen into petrified obsolescence. Industrious sorts no longer burn the midnight oil. Flashes in the pan are common even if the flintlock muskets that gave rise to them are museum pieces. Colours are still nailed to masts, metal though they now usually are.

勤奋的人们不再是"焚膏"以继晷；"火药池中瞬间闪现的火光（ flashes in the pan ，比喻显耀一时却终归失败或昙花一现）"现在也很常见［译注：暗示现在这个成语已不再适合比喻昙花一现了］，即使造就它的燧发枪已经躺在了博物馆里；要想"公开表明立场（ nail one's colours to the mast ）"还得把钉子钉在桅杆上，尽管现在的桅杆大都是金属的了。

In the United States, chronic alcoholism and hepatitis C are the most common ones.

在美国，慢性酒精中毒，肝炎是最常见的。

If you have any questions, you can contact me anytime.

如果有任何问题，你可以随时联系我。