false alarm

英 [ˌfɔːls əˈlɑːm]

美 [ˌfɔːls əˈlɑːrm]

n.  假警报; 虚惊

计算机

牛津词典

noun

• 假警报；虚惊
  a warning about a danger that does not happen; a belief that sth bad is going to happen, when it is not
  1. The fire service was called out but it was a false alarm.
     消防人员接到报警后出动，但这是假报火警。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 假警报;虚惊
  When you think something dangerous is about to happen, but then discover that you were mistaken, you can say that it was afalse alarm.
  1. ..a bomb threat that turned out to be a false alarm.
     最终证实是虚惊一场的爆炸恐吓

英英释义

noun

• a warning that is given about something that fails to occur

双语例句

• She thought she was pregnant, but it turned out to be a false alarm.
  她以为她怀孕了，但结果是虚惊一场。
• In order to guarantee the false alarm probability of CFAR detector, we determine practical threshold coefficients by using simulations.
  本文中我们通过仿真的方法确定CFAR中的实际门限系数，研究有限的参考单元数对虚警性能的影响。
• Simulation results show the mechanism can detect the DNS attack, it makes good compromise between the detection rate and the false alarm rate.
  仿真结果表明，该机制能够有效检测DNS缓存攻击，并实现检测准确率和误警率间的平衡。
• He was the victim of a false alarm.
  他受了一场虚惊。
• Then the paper makes a discussion on how to decrease the probability of false alarm and probability of false rejection.
  论文从水印检测过程中可能发生的两类错误入手，讨论了降低检测虚警概率和漏报概率的一般方法。
• This design can improve the reliability and timeliness of fire alarm system, reduce the false alarm rate and improve the level of intelligent system.
  这一设计可提高火灾报警系统的可靠性与及时性，减少误报率，提高系统的智能化程度。
• A new constant false alarm rate ( CFAR) detector ( CMCAGO-CFAR) based on censored mean and cell averaging is presented in this paper.
  文中基于删除平均（CM）方法和单元平均（CA）方法，提出了一种新的恒虚警检测器（CMCAGO-CFAR）。
• It offers low false alarm rates and nuisance alarm rates without compromising on high probability of detection levels.
  它降低了虚假警报率和干扰警报率，但不会降低高概率的探测级别。
• Sorry for the false alarm but it was for a good cause.
  我对假警报表示抱歉，不过这是为了做好事。
• The rumours of a petrol shortage turned out to be a false alarm.
  汽油短缺的谣传原来是一场虚惊。