backfired

英 [ˌbækˈfaɪəd]

美 [ˌbækˈfaɪərd]

v.  产生事与愿违的不良(或危险)后果; 逆火; 回火
backfire的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 事与愿违；适得其反
  If a plan or projectbackfires, it has the opposite result to the one that was intended.
  1. The President's tactics could backfire...
     总统的策略可能会适得其反。
  2. It all backfired on me!
     一切都与我的愿望背道而驰！
• VERB （车辆或其发动机）逆火，回火
  When a motor vehicle or its enginebackfires, it produces an explosion in the exhaust pipe.
  1. The car backfired.
     车回火了。

双语例句

• But this backfired when the LTTE turned on them.
  但是事与愿违LTTE攻击他们。
• The plan backfired, and the retailer lost some of its loyal customer base as a result.
  可惜事与愿违，此举最终导致公司失去了一部分忠实客户。
• His scheme backfired and he lost money.
  他的计划招来相反的结果，他赔钱了。
• Mr Brock said: I think the power companies 'tactics have backfired.
  布洛克表示：我认为电力公司的策略会适得其反。
• His typical bravado backfired in this case.
  他典型的瞎逞强做法这次终于搬起石头砸了自己的脚。
• Unfortunately, those tactics backfired.
  不幸的是，那些战术产生反效果。
• But both tricks have now backfired, by persuading rich-country participants that, rather than boosting their own economies, they were sacrificing their national interests to those of foreigners.
  但是，现在由于说服了富裕国家的与会者他们不是在推动本国经济的发展，而是在牺牲国家利益去照顾外国人的利益，两种把戏都产生了适得其反的结果。
• The experiment backfired and actually destroyed parts of their own related star system.
  实验发生逆火，竟然毁灭了他们自己与太阳系连结的一部份。
• Whatever the reason, the choice backfired, as history would have suggested.
  无论原因如何，这个选择失败了，与历史记录相符。
• Our plans backfired at the last moment.
  我们的计划在最后关头失败了。