"shoot your bolt" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 耗尽全部精力
• 用尽全力

Definition

把全部精力、资源或努力用在某事上，以致后面无力可用，通常在事情还没完成时就耗尽。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

这是一个比喻表达，略显老派，多用于指某人提前用尽精力或机会。类似于 'run out of steam'，不能用于字面意义上的射击。

Examples

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

他在比赛一开始就**耗尽了全部精力**，之后就打不动了。

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

不要太早**耗尽精力**，你要为整场比赛留点体力。

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

她熬夜工作后，早上真的已经**耗尽了全部精力**。

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

中午的时候我已经精疲力尽——大概是因为**写报告时耗尽了全部精力**。

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

主活动还没开始，别**耗尽所有精力**！

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

如果你在训练时就**耗尽了力气**，表演时可能就什么也没有了。