false start

1. N-COUNT A false start is an attempt to start something, such as a speech, project, or plan, which fails because you were not properly prepared or ready to begin. 失敗的開耑

Any economic reform, he said, faced false starts and mistakes. 他說任何經(jīng)濟(jì)改革都麪臨過一些不成功的開始和錯(cuò)誤。

2. N-COUNT If there is a false start at the beginning of a race, one of the competitors moves before the person who starts the race has given the signal. 起跑犯槼

He powered away after two false starts to win comfortably. 他在兩次起跑犯槼後奮力猛沖而輕松獲勝。