The police foiled the murderer's attempt to escape.

警察使这个杀人犯逃跑企图成为泡影。

Wonderful dreams may come true or may vanish into thin air.

许会成真，许会成为泡影。

But every time we've gotten serious about going for the record, all the snow has melted, and we've missed our window of opportunity.

不过，每次我们认真起来要为世界纪录奋时候，雪已经融了，我们一线希望就成为泡影。

Therefore, in this case, the theory of Sir Humphry Davy, Saknussemm's document, and my uncle's theories would all go off in smoke.

因此，在这种情况下，汉弗莱·戴维理论、萨克努塞姆文件以及我叔叔理论都将成为泡影。

40 states that all have housing projects that will vanish if we don't find out information that only you can help us get.

四十个州都有即将成为泡影住宅计划而只有你能帮我们找出所需信息。

In fact, if you even talk about this giant tax reform package they're working on, if Doug Jones is seated before the final vote on this, a single Republican defection could burn it to the ground.

实际上，在新税法问题通过问题上，一个共和党席位之差就可能让它成为泡影。