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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• False Start Award: Windows 8
  启动错误奖：Windows8
• 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）。
• "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。
• 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。
• Liu was not willing to explain the reason of his false start, but he told Xinhua that it was not related to his foot injury. Robles then easily crossed the line first without an outstanding performance in the men's 60m hurdles final.
  刘翔在赛后没有解释抢跑的原因，但他对新华网记者表示跟之前的脚伤无关。缺少了强劲对手刘翔的参加，罗伯斯的表现也有所保留，轻松赢得男子60米栏的冠军。