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ˌfalse aˈlarm noun [countable] 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。Examples from the Corpusfalse 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.ˌfalse aˈlarm nounChineseSyllable which Corpus something that situation think people in is wrongly a bad |