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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You did not have to be a card-carrying intellectual to think that Azusa Street was a flash in the pan.

即便你不是个正式的知识分子，也会认为亚苏撒街不过是昙花一现。

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The new author's first book got a lot of praise from critics, but he turned out to be a flash in the pan because his other books were terrible.

这位作家的第一本书一鸣惊人，可这只是昙花一现，因为他后来写的几本书都很差。

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That comeback was to be a mere flash in the pan for the visitors as Schalke continued to dominate, Kyriakos Papadopoulos providing a constant aerial threat which the onlooking Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson will have noted.

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