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单词 false start
释义
false start
noun[Cusually singular]
uk
/ˌfɒls ˈstɑːt/us
/ˌfɑːls ˈstɑːrt/

false startnoun[C usually singular](RACE)

thestartof aracein which onecompetitorstartstoo early, before theofficialsignaltobegin:
抢跑，起跑犯规
If anathletemakesafalsestart, theracemust berestarted.如果运动员抢跑，比赛就得重新开始。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Athletics
  • athletic
  • biathlon
  • blade
  • decathlon
  • DNF
  • endurance
  • faller
  • finish line
  • fun run
  • high jumper
  • hurdle
  • javelin
  • obstacle course
  • starter
  • tape
  • triple jump
  • triple jumper
  • ultra
  • ultra-runner
  • ultra-running
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Competing in sport

false startnoun[C usually singular](PROBLEM)

anattemptto do something thatfailsbecause you are notreadyor notableto do it:
失败的开端
We had acoupleoffalsestartsbecause ofcomputerproblems, but now theprojecthas reallybegun.由于计算机方面的问题，我们的项目在初始阶段失败了几次，但是现在已经顺利展开。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Failures
  • another/the final nail in the coffinidiom
  • bloodbath
  • brain freeze
  • breakdown
  • busted flush
  • car crash
  • flop
  • foul(something)up
  • freefall
  • game overidiom
  • hash
  • lemon
  • lost cause
  • mess
  • nail
  • reversal
  • slim pickings
  • slush pile
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(Definition offalse startfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

false start| American Dictionary

false start
noun[C]
us
/ˈfɔls ˈstɑrt/

false startnoun[C](SITUATION)

asituationin aracewhen acompetitorstarts before thesignalhas been given

false startnoun[C](ATTEMPT)

anattemptto do something you are notreadyorableto do:
Shebeganwritingfiction, and after several false starts shewrote"Gone With the Wind."
(Definition offalse startfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffalse start

false start
A secondfalsestartoccurs further along in the string.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is clear, however, by inspecting some of the disfluencies found in the corpus, that there is some relationship between thefalsestartand what replaces it.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Nothing, therefore, could be more fatal than to have afalsestart.
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Industrialised building got off to afalsestarteight years ago, and many builders burned their fingers.
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After onefalsestartwe finally get to the blocks, as it were.
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But we now know that it was anotherfalsestart.
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It has, after all, had a rather chequered career in another place and got off to afalsestart.
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We have spent many days and late nights on it with at least onefalsestartand one interruption of a rather major nature.
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In dealing with matters of principle afalsestartis even worse than no start at all.
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I hope we shall not have anotherfalsestart.
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A young person starting work, going into a confusing and difficult world, can suffer great mental hardship and strain if he makes afalsestart.
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There is merely the extra two minutes, because there are at present two starts, or onefalsestartand then a real start.
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Training gives individuals new opportunities; the chance to change their occupation in mid-stream, or perhaps to take a new way having made afalsestart.
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Unfortunately, the debate on the budget had afalsestart.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
On the road to economic and monetary union, we do not want anotherfalsestart.
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