backfire

英 [ˌbækˈfaɪə(r)]

美 [ˌbækˈfaɪər]

v.  产生事与愿违的不良(或危险)后果; 逆火; 回火

过去分词：backfired　过去式：backfired　第三人称单数：backfires　现在分词：backfiring　

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.14304 / COCA.10577

牛津词典

verb

• 产生事与愿违的不良（或危险）后果
  to have the opposite effect to the one intended, with bad or dangerous results
  1. Unfortunately the plan backfired.
     不幸的是，计划产生了适得其反的结果。
• 逆火；回火
  to make a sudden noise like an explosion

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。

英英释义

noun

• a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
  Synonym:boomerang
• a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path
• a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
• the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
  Synonym:blowback

verb

• set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire
• emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire
  1. My old car backfires all the time
• come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
  1. Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble
  Synonym:backlashrecoil

双语例句

• Measures that usually promote growth and job creation can have little effect, or backfire.
  通常可以促进增长和就业的措施几乎起不到什么效果，甚至会适得其反。
• To explode in the manner of or make the sound of a backfire.
  以声音大、突然爆发的形式刮风。用逆火的方式爆裂或发出逆火的声音。
• Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble.
  你的评论可能产生出乎意料的后果并给你带来很多麻烦。
• But academics who have studied those bans said a similar move now could backfire.
  但对那些禁令做过研究的学者表示，类似的举动如今可能会产生适得其反的效果。
• In this paper, a method of analysing the short backfire antenna is proposed.
  本文提出了短背射天线的一种分析方法，它较好地解释了背射天线的工作原理。
• But it turns out that those characteristics are precisely the reasons goals can backfire.
  但结果说明正是目标的这些特性会让结果适得其反。
• It was always clear that this wait-and-see approach would eventually backfire.
  有一点始终是很清楚的：这种等待和观望战略终有一日会收到相反的效果。
• Emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire, as of cars.
  作为遭受逆火的结果发出大声音，比如汽车。
• It has certain limits, however, and might even backfire.
  不过，这种方式有一定的局限性，甚至有可能适得其反。
• It can backfire if the teller is trying to build enthusiasm yet doesn't feel it, says Simmons.
  西蒙斯说，如果讲述者自己没有感受到激情，却要试图创造激情，可能会适得其反。