【英语习语】jump the gun

【英语习语】                       jump the gun

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         jump the gun 这个习语源于赛跑比赛和游泳比赛，参赛者都应在发令枪响以后才能起跑

或起跳，但出于心理上的紧张，常有人在发令枪响之前就冲了出去，这种情况在英语里叫做jump

the gun，意思是抢跑或抢跳。例如：He was so nervous that he jumped the gun twice.（他太紧

张了，结果两次抢跑。）

         现在这个源出体育比赛的习语已不限于描绘抢跑和抢跳，可以用来泛指任何在不到规定的时间

便开始做某事，引申出过早地开始一个行动，或者是过于匆忙地做某件事。翻译时可视语境译成

“提前”、“操之过急”、“迫不及待”、“过早行动”、“草率行事”等。

 
                                                

 

 

例如：

       1）We all agreed that each of us should give our birthday present to Mum on the morning of her

             birthday but List jumped the gun and gave hers on the night before.     

             我们都同意在妈妈生日的那天早上把生日礼物给她，但莉萨却提前在前一天晚上就送上了

             她的礼物。

       2）Donny was playing the part of a detective in the play, but he jumped the gun on the first night.

             He started saying his lines too soon.     

            唐尼在剧里扮演侦探的角色, 第一天晚上演出，他就抢先说他了的台词。

       3）He was so sure that he would get the job that he quit his old job.  Unfortunately, he really

             jumped the gun. He just found out yesterday he didn't get the job after all.    

             他太自信自己会得到那份工作,于是他辞掉了原来的工作。不幸的是,他真的操之过急了。

              他刚刚发现他昨天没有得到那份工作。

      4）The exam was supposed to start at 10 a.m. but our teacher jumped the gun and handed out

             the paper 5 minutes before 10.     

            考试规定在十点开始，但我们的老师迫不及待了，在九时五十五分就提早发了考卷。

      5）We certainly jumped the gun when we packed our winter clothes away the first warm day in

             March. Two days later it turned cold, and we had to get the clothes out again.   

             我们在三月份天气一暖就把冬天的衣服给收起来了。这实在是过于早了一点，因为两天后

             天气突然又变冷，我们不得不再把衣服拿出来。

      6） When learning howto parachute, it's absolutely essential not to jump the gunand open the

             parachute too soon after jumping out of the plane.   

             在学习跳降落伞时，绝对不能在跳离飞机时就匆忙地 (迫不及待地) 打开降落伞。

      7）The report is to be published next Thursday, and none of us can jump the gun by revealing

            any of its contents.    

             报告定于下星期四公布，我们当中任何人不得提前透露报告的任何内容。

      8）We do not want to jump the gun by making a statement about what caused the explosion

            before the investigation is completed.    

             在侦查完毕之前，我们不想操之过急地宣布这次爆炸的原因。