每日商務英語 第643期:失敗的開端

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false start -------- 失敗的開端（非正式）

英文釋義
(INFORMAL) A wrong beginning; a temporary failure in starting to do something.

例句
I had to write a speech last night, and after several false starts, I finally found exactly the right words to express what I wanted to say.
我昨晚必須要寫一篇演講稿，開頭寫了好幾回都沒寫好，最終，我找到了恰當的詞語來表達我想說的內容。