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单词 false alarm
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false alarm
noun[C]
uk
/ˌfɒls əˈlɑːm/us
/ˌfɑːls əˈlɑːrm/
anoccasionwhenpeoplewronglybelievethat somethingdangerousorunpleasantishappeningor willhappen:
假警报；虚惊
Threefireenginesrushedto theschoolonly todiscoverit was afalsealarm.3辆救火车疾驰到学校，结果却发现是假火警。
Shethoughtshe waspregnant, but itturnedout to be afalsealarm(= she was not).她以为自己怀孕了，但后来发现是一场虚惊。
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(Definition offalse alarmfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

false alarm| American Dictionary

false alarm
noun[C]
us
/ˈfɔls əˈlɑrm/
awarningor asignalofdangerthat is given but isunnecessary
(Definition offalse alarmfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffalse alarm

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But, there were statistically significant group differences infalsealarmrates.
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In a few other trials the subjects reported an error but did not make one (falsealarm).
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Normally sighted participants did not make anyfalsealarmin these conditions.
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Here, both groups appeared more likely tofalsealarmto semantically related pairs when the degree of semantic similarity was relatively high.
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Second, problems that cannot be processed automatically can be handled here, thus reducing thefalsealarmrate of the grammar checker.
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Overall thefalsealarmrate was very low-averaging about 1%.
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Without taking into accountfalsealarmrates, there were no group differences in recognition.
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A hit response was a correct "word" response and afalsealarmwas an incorrect "word" response.
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The impaired and normal elderly subjects did not differ infalsealarmrates.
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Testing the suffocationfalsealarmtheory of panic disorder.
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Table 2 summarizes results forfalsealarmrates and hit rates.
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The blank trials (in the experimental and steady-state sessions) were used to measure thefalsealarmrate.
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Hits andfalsealarmrates are estimates of the probability of "yes" responses conditional on the possible outcomes.
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There were no systematic differences across conditions although observers differed in their averagefalsealarmrate.
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Moreover, ignoring a piece of dead code seems less of a problem than forcing a programmer to rewrite a piece of good code because of afalsealarm.
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