false alarm
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT When you think something dangerous is about to happen, but then discover that you were mistaken, you can say that it was a false alarm. 虛驚
...a bomb threat that turned out to be a false alarm. …最終證實(shí)是虛驚一場(chǎng)的炸彈恐嚇。
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false alarm (false alarms)
劍橋詞典
- an occasion when people wrongly believe that something dangerous or unpleasant is happening or will happen
假警報(bào)；虛驚
Three fire engines rushed to the school only to discover it was a false alarm . 3輛救火車疾馳到學(xué)校，結(jié)果卻發(fā)現(xiàn)是假火警。
She thought she was pregnant , but it turned out to be a false alarm (= she was not). 她以為自己懷孕了，但后來(lái)發(fā)現(xiàn)是一場(chǎng)虛驚。 返回 false alarm