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Language Cafe: Jump the gun

2018-02-01 英语咖啡屋 英语环球ChinaPlus

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Jump the gun

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DefinitionTo begin something before preparations for it are complete.

Origin: Jump the gun' derives from track and field races, where some athletes would start running before the starting gun has been fired.

A

In an effort to try and succeed, he jumped the gun when launching the project. That's why we have all these problems.

为占得先机,他在启动该项目时过早行动。这就是为什么我们现在有很多问题


B

Make sure we don't jump the gun in announcing the resignation of the school principal, it's not finalized yet.

先别急于宣布校长要辞职的消息,还没有最后定下来


C

I jumped the gun a little bit in announcing the news: unfortunately the band that we want to see won't be performing.

(最后一句依然留给大家来翻译。)


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