False alarm 虛驚一場
2023-01-12 16:53:10 每日學英語
false alarm noun [ C ]假警報；虛驚。
= an occasion when people wrongly believe that something dangerous or unpleasant is happening or will happen
擴展false friend noun [ C ]（另一語言中的某個詞的）形近異義詞，同形異義詞，同音異義字。
= a word that is often confused with a word in another language with a different meaning because the two words look or sound similar
【例句】
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，但后來發(fā)現(xiàn)是一場虛驚。
The French word "actuellement" and the English word "actually" are false friends.
法語單詞 actuellement 和英語單詞 actually 是一對形近異義詞。