"shoot your bolt" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 耗盡全部精力
• 使出全部力量

Definition

將全部精力、資源或努力投入某事，以致後來什麼都不剩，常常是任務尚未完成前。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這是一個比喻性的成語，略顯老派，指出某人提前耗盡精力或機會。與 'run out of steam' 意思類似，不作字面射擊解釋。

Examples

He shot his bolt early in the game and couldn't play well afterward.

他在比賽一開始就**耗盡全部精力**，後面就打不好了。

Don't shoot your bolt too soon; you need energy for the whole race.

不要太早**耗盡精力**，你得為整場比賽留點力氣。

After working all night, she had really shot her bolt by morning.

她熬夜工作後，早上真的已經**耗盡全部精力**了。

I was exhausted by noon—I guess I shot my bolt finishing that report.

中午時我已經筋疲力盡——大概是**寫報告時耗盡了全部精力**。

Don’t shoot your bolt before the main event even starts!

主活動還沒開始，別**耗盡所有精力**！

If you shoot your bolt in practice, you might have nothing left for the performance.

如果你在練習時就**耗盡了力氣**，表演時可能就沒力了。