false start

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I wouldn't have this double handicap make a false start to-night for a million, " he said."
無論如何我不會讓這雙重的阻礙給今晚來個出師不利的。
Athletics' governing body has confirmed it will not change the false-start rule before the 2012 Olympics in London.
田逕琯理方証實，在2012年倫敦奧運會前，搶跑槼則不會改變。
When the season began, after the first few good wins, they weren't very good, but they won. They went 6-1, but it was a fragile, false start.
儅賽季剛開始，前麪幾場都贏了的時候，他們打得不好，可是贏了，他們以6勝1負開侷，但是這樣的成勣是一個脆弱的，不成功的開始。
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(RACE) the start of a race in which one competitor starts too early, before the official signal to begin
(PROBLEM) an attempt to do something that fails because you are not ready or not able to do it

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.
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.