jump the gun? 真的不是“跳過槍”的意思！

如是有人對你說，不要 jump the gun， 千萬別理解為“不要跳過槍”，這個短語的真正意思是“草率行事；操之過急；過早行動”！是不是很有意思呢？好，我們趕快學習一下它的用法吧！

例句1：Don’t you think you are jumping the gun by talking about marriage so soon？

你不覺得你這麼快就談論結婚是太早了嗎？

例句2：I don’t want to jump the gun and give out my conclusions until I have all the information required。

我不想過早下結論，除非我掌握了所有需要的資訊。

例句3：Tom jumped the gun and booked a ticket for me even before I had confirmed that I was coming。

甚至在我確認我要來之前，湯姆就搶先為我訂了一張票。

例句4：I think he jumped the gun when he made that investment without doing proper research first。

我認為他在沒有事先做適當研究的情況下就做了那筆投資，太草率了。

例句5：Tom didn’t want to jump the gun and make a statement until he had all the facts。

湯姆在掌握全部事實之前不想過早表態。

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