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false NOT CORRECTHfBls, $fB:lsadj [not gradable](of information or an idea) not correct or true错误的;不真实的" Three plus three is seven. True or false? ""False."“3加3得7，对还是错?”“错。”The news report about the explosion turned out to be false.这个关于爆炸的报道最后发现是不真实的。I don't want to raise any false hopes (= to give you hopes about something that might not be true), but I believe your son is still alive.我不想让你空指望，但我相信你的儿子依旧活着。I think you've got a rather false idea of what I'm like--I'm really rather shy.我想你对我的看法是错的，我其实相当害羞。You'll get a false impression of the town if you only visit the university.你如果只去参观大学，你就会对这个城市获得错误的印象。(specialized) Her whole theory is based on a false premise (= an idea which is not correct).她所有的理论是以错误的前提为基础的。A false alarm is when something dangerous or unpleasant does not happen after it was genuinely believed that it would happen.(因虚惊而误发的)假警报Three fire engines rushed to the school only to discover it was a false alarm and the alarm system had been set off by a cigarette.三辆救火车疾驰到学校，结果却发现这是个假警报，报警系统只是由一根烟引发的。She thought she was pregnant, but it turned out to be a false alarm (= she discovered she was not).她以为她怀孕了，但结果是虚惊一场。A false dawn is when something makes you think that things are improving when really they are not.虚幻的希望The increase in sales at the end of the year proved to be a false dawn.年末销售的增长只不过给了人一种虚幻的希望。The government is hoping that this is not a false dawn for economic recovery.政府希望这不是经济复苏的一种假象。A false economy is an action which saves money at the beginning but which, over a longer period of time, results in more money being wasted than being saved.虚假经济，假实惠It's a bit cheaper than other washing powders, but if you have to use twice as much of it, then it's a false economy.它比其他洗衣粉便宜一点，但如果你要用其他洗衣粉的两倍那么多，这只是表面上的实惠。(law) False imprisonment is the limiting of someone's freedom without the authority or right to do so.非法监禁A person who is wrongly arrested can bring civil proceedings against the police for false imprisonment.一个无辜被捕的人可以对警方的非法监禁提出民事诉讼。The men are charged with false imprisonment and conspiracy to murder Mr Smith.这些人被控非法监禁和谋杀史密斯先生。A false move/step is an unwise action which is likely to have an unpleasant or dangerous effect.失策的一步，鲁莽的行动" One false move and you're dead!" threatened the gunman.“你敢乱动一下，就要你的命!”持枪歹徒威胁道。These negotiations could affect the lives of thousands, so we mustn't make any false moves.这些会谈可能会影响上千人的生命，所以我们不能错走一步。You can't afford to take any false steps once you're in enemy territory.你一旦进入敌人的地盘，走错一步，都会付出惨重的代价。In a race, a false start is when one competitor starts too early, before the starter has given the signal.起跑犯规，抢跑If an athlete makes a false start in a race, the race must be restarted.如果一个运动员在比赛中抢跑，比赛就得重新开始。A false start is also an attempt to do something which fails because you are not ready or not able to do it.失败的开端We had a couple of false starts because of computer problems, and the project didn't really get going until last month.因为计算机出毛病，我们的科研项目有几次一开始就失败了，直到上个月才真正开始。
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