"swing and a miss" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 嘗試失誤
• 嘗試落空

Definition

這個表達源自棒球，意思是嘗試去做某事但失敗了。常用來形容努力卻沒有成功。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

屬於非正式用語，常帶幽默感。可用於體育場合，也常比喻日常生活中的失敗嘗試。不宜於正式場合，多數出現在輕鬆或自嘲的語氣中。

Examples

It was a swing and a miss on his first try at baking a cake.

他第一次烤蛋糕時是一個**嘗試失誤**。

Her joke was a swing and a miss; no one laughed.

她的笑話是一個**嘗試失誤**，沒有人笑。

I tried to fix the TV, but it was a swing and a miss.

我試著修理電視，但那是一次**嘗試失誤**。

Their marketing campaign was a total swing and a miss—it didn’t attract any new customers.

他們的行銷活動完全是一個**嘗試失誤**——沒有吸引任何新顧客。

When I asked her out, it was a swing and a miss—she said no.

我邀請她出去，結果是一個**嘗試失誤**——她拒絕了。

He tried to impress his boss with new ideas, but it turned out to be a swing and a miss.

他試圖用新想法讓老闆印象深刻，但結果是**嘗試失誤**。