虎头蛇尾

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  • 虎头蛇尾
  • 释义

    (比喻先紧后松, 有始无终) begin with tigerish energy but peter out towards the end;a brave beginning and weak ending;a flash in the pan;a tiger's head and a snake's tail;anti-climax ;

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  • 反义词

  • 断断续续continue from time to time;intermittently;off and on;on and off ;
  • 为德不卒do a good deed [turn] not to the [a] finish ;
  • 无恒no perseverance;inconstant ;
  • 头重脚轻One's head is heavy and one's feet light.;be top-heavy;feel one's head heavy and one's feet light;head heavy and feet light ;
  • 半途而废give up halfway;do a thing by halves;leave sth. unfinished ;
  • 有始无终having a beginning but no end;begin well but end badly;begin well but fall off towards the close;do sth. but halves ;
1、

He is of a variable mood ; he never finishes what he starts.

他这个人朝三暮四,做起事来总是虎头蛇尾.

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2、

The story begins dramatically but the plot peters out before the end.

这故事有些虎头蛇尾.

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3、

I've asked you to do this for me because I know you're not a quitter.

我要求你为我做这件事,因为我知道你做事不虎头蛇尾.

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4、

The poem is top-heavy with ideas.

这首诗因思想内容布局不当,显得虎头蛇尾.

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5、

That is a shameful cop-out.

那是可耻的虎头蛇尾.

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6、

The direct report of this one characteristic in real work, namely when close Shi Song, anticlimactic.

这一特点在实际工作中的直接反映, 就是时紧时松, 虎头蛇尾.

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