backfires

英 [ˌbækˈfaɪəz]

美 [ˌbækˈfaɪərz]

v.  产生事与愿违的不良(或危险)后果; 逆火; 回火
backfire的第三人称单数

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 combination of telling individuals that tobacco kills you and trying to intensify that fear with disgust-evoking images backfires.
  告诉大家吸烟会致命的同时，又试图用让人恶心的图片加深大家的恐惧，效果适得其反。
• On the other hand, if a pair of applications is taking turns updating the dispenser, perhaps as some kind of load balancing, that remembered state backfires on us.
  另一方面，如果两个应用程序轮流更新分发器对象，保留的计数器状态就导致不好的结果。
• Better not, according to a research done by the University at Buffalo in the US. Their study showed that empty flattery often backfires.
  最好不要。美国布法罗大学的一项研究显示，虚假空洞的奉承往往适得其反。
• If it backfires, there'll be no fallout on you.
  万一有什么闪失，不会让你背黑锅。
• Nor do its shareholders have a claim to clemency, or other official support, when their risk-taking backfires no matter who else gets lucky.
  在它们由于冒险行为自作自受时，其股东也没有权利要求仁慈或政府的其它支持不论在其他人中，谁获得了这样的好运。
• But when the cruise hits rocky waters – literally – her plan backfires and she is forced to step up and prove once and for all just how fabulous she can be.
  可是当巡航照字面上地击中岩石地水域––她地方案逆火，并且她不得不只此一次终究加快并且证实地时分若何传说地她能是。
• Yet another reason why ghosting on breakfast or forgoing other meals throughout the day backfires on you.
  这也是为什么你一天中不吃早餐或其他餐点却适得其反的原因。
• These unpleasant backfires like disasters and misfortunes will make us feel that our lives are helpless and meaningless.
  这些不愉快的挫折如灾难和不幸等总会让人觉得生命是如此的无助乏味。
• My time contraint backfires she wants to continue but I've already said I have to go.
  我的时间已经到了，她要继续，但我已经说过，我必须走。
• The new pricing strategy backfires, and our marketing director gets fired.
  新的价格策略适得其反，我们的市场总监也被炒掉了。