1. 認識這個詞（基礎篇）

詞：fizzle

英英釋義：to gradually fail, become less enthusiastic, or disappear, especially after starting successfully

例句：They went to different universities, and their romance just fizzled out.

2. 體會這個詞 （進階篇）

“fizzle”常用作動詞，意思是“草草收場”“夭折”，根據(jù)它的英英釋義我們可以知道它可以用來替換“to gradually fail”“to become less enthusiastic”“to disappear“這樣的表達，尤其是想表示開始很順利，結(jié)果失敗了時，用 fizzle 是非常準確的表達。

fizzle 用作動詞時是不及物動詞，常和 out 搭配使用。我們通過幾個例子掌握它的用法。

有些戀人因為分隔兩地，聯(lián)系越來越少，愛情慢慢就結(jié)束了，這時就可以用到 fizzle (out），比如：

They went to different universities, and their romance just fizzled out.? ?

比如一個項目因遲遲沒有具體的行動方案最終不了了之，就可以說：

Without concrete action plans, the whole project has fizzled out.

我們常常做事情三分鐘熱血，這種虎頭蛇尾的結(jié)束也可以用 fizzle (out)：

Many improvement efforts begin energetically but fizzle out in a few days.

最后看幾個《經(jīng)濟學人》中的例子，體會一下 fizzle 的用法：

1）Talks on curbing cluster weapons fizzle and fail.

2）The government can claim only partial credit; drug epidemics tend to fizzle.(這段話是說藥物泛濫這種情況本身就呈下降趨勢，政府的努力只是部分原因）

3）Meanwhile, the Europe Union's effort to keep Iran in the deal by creating a mechanism that allows European firms to bypass American sanctions has fizzled.

3. 從認識到會用（作業(yè)）

1）翻譯下面的句子：?

共享單車的繁榮最終衰退了。

The prosperity of bike-sharing has fizzled finally.

造句

Maybe the internal combustion engine will fizzle out with the development of electronic cars.

（參考翻譯：The bike-sharing boom eventually fizzled out.）