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

• 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。
• For the first time the campaign began to catch fire. Baulk: A false start to a dive, i.e.a restart.
  这场运动从现在起才开始沸腾起来了。动作失误：一次跳水起始动作错误，又开始重做。
• After a false start, I engaged the autopilot, and off we went; I put my hands in my lap and tried to relax as we snaked down a desolate canyon road on our way to the Dead Sea.
  第一次启动失败后，我打开了自动驾驶仪，然后汽车便开动了；我把双手放在大腿上，试图在沿着一条荒凉的峡谷道路前往死海的途中放松片刻。
• 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。
• After a false start, he stumbled forward for a few paces obviously hindered by the injury to his right leg before walking away and leaving a packed Bird's Nest stadium in stunned silence.
  当比赛开始时，他向前蹒跚了几步，很明显是由于右腿的伤势，随后刘翔退出了比赛。
• When his heat began, another runner committed a false start, and Liu stumbled for a few strides but was clearly hindered.
  当他的预赛开始时，另一名选手抢跑，然后他摇晃的跨了几步后，但是很清楚的看到他不能跨过去。
• For committing a foul, a wrestler is penalized one point, or may even is disqualified. After the first false start, any swimmer starting before the starting signal has been give shall be disqualified.
  对犯规运动员的处罚可以1分甚至取消比赛资格。如果运动员第一次犯规后第二次出发仍然抢跳，则被取消比赛资格。
• This is your first false start. you are warned.
  这是你第一次起跑犯规，给予警告。
• In the age after the financial crisis, the author hereof analyze some cases about false statement and the theories to start this research through comparative method.
  在后金融危机时代的背景下，笔者认真分析国内虚假陈述案例及相关领域学术研究成果，运用比较的研究方法开展本课题的研究。
• When that condition is false, that is, the page counter is either less than the start page or greater than the end page, it does not write any output.
  当那个条件为假（也就是说，页计数器的值小于起始页或大于结束页）时，则selpg不再写任何输出。