false alarm

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ˌfalse aˈlarm noun [countableC]

MISTAKEa situation in which people wrongly think that something bad is going to happen 虚惊，假警报

Fire fighters responded to a false alarm at one of the college dormitories.

消防员因学院一间宿舍谎报的火警而出动。

The patient was okay – it was a false alarm.

病人没问题——是虚惊一场。

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false alarm• Your apprehension is based on the fear that the change might be a false alarm.• But the patient was okay, it was a false alarm, please thank them and send them on their way.• Those genes would produce a harmless protein that, once inside the body, would sound the false alarm of infection.

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