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

• 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。
• But the tournament backfired badly.
  但这场比赛却起到了反效果。
• 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。
• 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。
• Trade sanctions on China had backfired.
  美国针对中国的贸易制裁产生了反作用。
• 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。
• Her plan to snoop on the kids backfired and they lost their trust in her.
  她窥探孩子行动的计划得不偿失，反而失去了他们的信任。
• Its attempt to stymie the initiative by persuading other western nations to boycott the bank has backfired.
  美国试图说服其他西方国家抵制这家银行，从而阻挠这项计划，结果却事与愿违。
• But the strategy backfired because there was no mistaking a BlackBerry for an iPhone.
  然而，这一策略事与愿违，因为在人们眼中，黑莓与iPhone完全不是一回事。
• Has it ever backfired for any of your coworkers, and if so, how?
  曾经出现过有同事送礼后适得其反的情况吗？有的话，是如何发生的？