"swing and a miss" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 尝试失败
• 尝试落空

Definition

这个表达源于棒球，意思是尝试去做某事但失败了。通常用于形容努力了却没有成功。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

属于非正式表达，经常带有幽默色彩。既可以字面用在体育中，也常用作比喻日常生活中的失败尝试。不适合正式场合，多用于轻松语境或自嘲玩笑。

Examples

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

他第一次烤蛋糕时是一个**尝试失败**。

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

她的笑话是个**尝试失败**，没人笑。

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

我试着修电视，但那是一次**尝试失败**。

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

他们的营销活动完全是个**尝试失误**——没有吸引到任何新客户。

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

我邀请她出去，结果是个**尝试失败**——她拒绝了。

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

他试图用新想法让老板印象深刻，但结果是**尝试失败**。