昙花一现的

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

他的第一部小说如昙花一现，此后他再没写出像样的东西。

Honor is venerable to us because it is no ephemera. It is always ancient virtue.

对我们而言，荣誉是庄严的，因为它不是昙花一现，而一直是古老的美德。

"Bankers' ability to garner fees is going down," says the head of another top global law firm."But we definitely feed at the same trough."

然而，由于引发去年狂热银行交易的市场困境已有所缓和，律师行业的风光可能只是昙花一现。

Tom's success is only a kind of meteoric for his cmpany.

汤姆的成功对于他的公司来说不过是昙花一现罢了。

His contribution to the revolution was important though meteoric .

他对革命的贡献尽管昙花一现，但却仍然是重要的。

Other leaders have blazed for a while and then guttered out—Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson because they were incapable of buttoning their lips, Ralph Reed and Bill Bennett because, in different ways, they fell prey to the temptations of casinos.

其他一些右翼基督教的领军人物都只不过是昙花一现，杰里·福尔韦尔和帕特·罗伯森总是口不择言，祸从口出；而拉尔夫·里德和比尔·班内特则没能抵挡住赌博的诱惑。

This stenciled piece appeared overnight, in Cardiff, England, before being painted over the next day.

在被涂掉的前夜，英格兰卡迪夫的这幅钢印画曾昙花一现。

Other technologies have come and gone like mayflies. Machines have increased a thousandfold in power, languages have mutated, industry practice has gone through multiple revolutions ― and Unix hangs in there, still producing, still paying the bills, and still commanding loyalty from many of the best and brightest software technologists on the planet.

各类技术昙花一现，机器性能呈千倍地增长，语言千变万化，工业标准不断地革命，与此同时UNIX却如同中流砥柱一般地巍然屹立，仍旧焕发着活力，并受到世上最优秀最睿智的软件技术人员的青睐。

With her prickly body and plain looks, the ball cactus tends to be neglected to a corner, where the plant will stay in obscurity to build up strength until it is able to make a short-lived yet brilliant appearance, offering its splendour in a soul stirring way, a beautiful way of offering.

她浑身带刺，貌不惊人，往往不被人看重，置于角落，却默默无闻，养精蓄锐，一旦成熟，也会&昙花一现&，给予惊心动魄的刹那芳华，那已是灿烂辉煌、荡气回肠的美丽奉献。

E. g A film star who would not improve himself by continually accepting challenging roles is likely to be a flash in the pan.

一位电影明星如果不是不断地接受具有挑战性的角色来提高自己的演艺，就有可能只是昙花一现。

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。