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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 place from which racers begin and sometimes end their contest. A false start in a race is when a runner leaves the starting line too soon.
  起跑线跑步者出发处，经常也是结束比赛之处赛跑时，运动员过早地离开起跑线，是一种犯规。
• This is your first false start. you are warned.
  这是你第一次起跑犯规，给予警告。
• 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。
• 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。
• False Start Award: Windows 8
  启动错误奖：Windows8
• 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。