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

• 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。
• The reforms backfired because policy makers treated the countryside too much like the cities, he says.
  他认为改革的事与愿违，是因为决策者对待乡村的方式与对待城市过于类似。
• That last requirement backfired.
  然而，最后那条要求却产生了适得其反的效果。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 plan totally backfired on him.
  这项计划对他产生了适得其反的结果。
• 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。
• But this confidence building measure seems to have backfired.
  但这一旨在重建市场信心的措施似乎适得其反。