大家好，今天我們分享一個非常有用且地道的表達——dry run, 這個短語的含義不是指「幹跑」，其正確的含義是：
dry run 試運行；演習；排練
The day before the trial, the lawyers tried a dry run of the closing arguments.
審理的前一天，律師們排練了一次最後陳詞。
The competition is planned as a dry run for the World Cup finals.
此次比賽是計劃作為世界盃決賽的預演。
We need to save at least half an hour for another dry run.
我們必須剩下至少半個小時再來進行一次排練。
We will have a dry run in the morning and make the actual presentation in the afternoon.
我們將在早晨排練一次，正式的演出在下午進行。
Before going for a job interview, I always make a dry run to the company ahead of time to make sure I won't get lost.
在去面試之前，我總是要提前去一下公司，確保我不會迷路。
The theater group did a dry run of the play to iron out any technical problems before opening night.
劇團排練了一遍話劇為了能在首演之前消除一些技術問題。