今天我们要学的词是 fizzle.

fizzle 的原意是渐弱的嘶嘶声，引申出来就是逐渐消失，悄悄失败。Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido called for the military to join him and oust dictator Nicolas Maduro, but the coup appeared to have fizzled a day later. 委内瑞拉反对派领导人胡安-瓜伊多呼吁军队与他一起将独裁者马杜罗赶走，但政变似乎在一天之后失败了。

As RussiaGate fizzles with the release of the Robert Mueller report and the lack of collusion-related indictments, some started questioning the motives of the investigation. 通俄门指控随着穆勒调查报告的公布以及没有提出与俄罗斯勾结的相关起诉而不了了之，有人开始质疑启动调查的动机。