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

• That last requirement backfired.
  然而，最后那条要求却产生了适得其反的效果。
• 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。
• Like all entrepreneurs, Mr Diamond has chalked up a litany of daring moves over the years-a few have backfired, but most have paid off.
  与所有企业家一样，戴蒙德这些年来进行了一系列冒险活动有些亏了钱，但多数都获得了回报。
• I am not sure how to reconcile low congestion with regular turnover of spaces, but anyway the plan backfired in my case.
  我不知道如何协调减少拥堵和定期腾出车位之间的关系，但不管怎样，在我的例子中，这项计划起到了反效果。
• It all backfired on me!
  一切都与我的愿望背道而驰！
• Unfortunately, those tactics backfired.
  不幸的是，那些战术产生反效果。
• Engaging 80/ 20 thinking appears, if anything, to have backfired on phorm.
  与80/20thinking合作似乎（如果有的话）对phorm产生了反效果。
• 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。
• I have my doubts, partly because I accepted a counteroffer for more money, some years ago at a different company, and it sort of backfired on me, so I ended up leaving anyway.
  我颇为怀疑，因为多年前我就在一家公司接受了一次出价更高的挽留，结果事与愿违，我最后只能离职。