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

• Baulk: A false start to a dive, i.e.a restart.
  动作失误：一次跳水起始动作错误，又开始重做。
• "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 can be made to start based on an event such as onClick by setting the animator tag's start attribute to false and calling the doStart method on the animator object.
  另外，还可以使动画根据某个事件，例如onClick来开始，方法是将animator标记的start属性设为false，然后调用animator对象的doStart方法。
• 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。
• This is your first false start. you are warned.
  这是你第一次起跑犯规，给予警告。
• 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
• 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。
• 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）。
• 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。