This is no flash in the pan; over the past couple ofyears, inflation has been consistently lower thanexpected in Britain and America.
【译文】这不是昙花一现。在过去几年里,英国和美国的通货膨胀率始终低于预测水平。
【析句】这是一个并列句,前后用分号隔开两个子句,是递进关系。在第一句中,no可以用not a代替。在后一个句中,inflation是主语,lower是谓语系动词的表语, thanexpected和in Britain and America,以及前面的over thepast couple of years都是介词短语作状语。
【讲词】a flash in the pan意为"昙花一现的人或事"。Many people believe that the young singer is aflash in the pan.(许多人认为那位歌手红不了多久。) When I first heard the news,I too dismissedit as a flash in the pan.(我一开始听到这个消息时,也认为这事长不了。)