false start

英 [ˌfɔːls ˈstɑːt]

美 [ˌfɔːls ˈstɑːrt]

n.  不成功的开端; 起步失误; 起跑犯规; 抢跑

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 不成功的开端；起步失误
  an attempt to begin sth that is not successful
  1. After a number of false starts, she finally found a job she liked.
     她起初失败了几次，之后终于找到了喜欢的工作。
• 起跑犯规；抢跑
  a situation when sb taking part in a race starts before the official signal has been given

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (由于准备不充分而引起的)起步失误，失败的开端
  Afalse startis an attempt to start something, such as a speech, project, or plan, which fails because you were not properly prepared or ready to begin.
  1. Any economic reform, he said, faced false starts and mistakes.
     他说，任何经济改革一开始都难免会经历失败,难免会出错。
• (赛跑的)抢跑，起跑犯规
  If there is afalse startat the beginning of a race, one of the competitors moves before the person who starts the race has given the signal.

双语例句

• If an athlete makes a false start in a race, the race must be restarted.
  如果一个运动员在比赛中抢跑，比赛就得重新开始。
• If the boolean is set to false, the examination of the children will start after the attributes are stored.
  如果此布尔值被设为false，那么子节点的检查将会在属性存储完毕后开始。
• A false start in a race is when a runner leaves the starting line too soon.
  赛跑时，运动员过早地离开起跑线，是一种犯规。
• When a runner in his heat committed a false start, Liu limped out of the blocks.
  同组中一名运动员出现了抢跑，随后刘翔一瘸一拐地离开了起跑器。
• The second and third if statements also evaluate False, meaning you start the third pass through the loop.
  第二个和第三个if语句也计算为False，意味着第三次进入循环。
• "False start, ben Johnson jumps the gun." Human beings are only fallible.
  起跑犯规，本·约翰逊抢跑。人类本身易犯错误。
• Any economic reform, he said, faced false starts and mistakes.
  他说，任何经济改革一开始都难免会经历失败，难免会出错。
• It could be also used to mark false start and repair.
  它也可以用来标记错误的话语开头和之后的修正。
• The race was restarted because one of the competitors made a false start.
  赛事需要重新开始，因为其中一个参赛者抢跑（偷步）。
• So we've made a false start.
  所以我们一开始问就是错误的。