false start

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I wouldn't have this double handicap make a false start to-night for a million, " he said."
无论如何我不会让这双重的阻碍给今晚来个出师不利的。
Athletics' governing body has confirmed it will not change the false-start rule before the 2012 Olympics in London.
田径管理方证实，在2012年伦敦奥运会前，抢跑规则不会改变。
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.
当赛季刚开始，前面几场都赢了的时候，他们打得不好，可是赢了，他们以6胜1负开局，但是这样的成绩是一个脆弱的，不成功的开始。
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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.