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 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。
• This is your first false start. you are warned.
  这是你第一次起跑犯规，给予警告。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• For example, a false start of a running event might have been followed by a whipping of the violator.
  例如，赛跑比赛的偷跑者可能会受到鞭笞的惩罚。
• "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。
• One answer is that it got off to a false start.
  答案之一是，印度第一步就走错了。
• And as an added refinement, if the athlete moves in less than one-tenth of a second ( physiologically, the shortest possible reaction time) after the gun, the false start recall will be automatically triggered.
  为了使探测结果更精确，如果运动员在距枪响后的起动时间不到十分之一秒（这是生理上最快反应的极限），也会自动引发起跑犯规警报机制，而被召回。