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

• But this backfired when the LTTE turned on them.
  但是事与愿违LTTE攻击他们。
• 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。
• 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。
• Whatever now happens, it is clear that Mr Papandreou's risky gamble has backfired.
  无论现在发生什么，很显然帕潘德里欧的赌博行为使他尝到了代价。
• 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。
• 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。
• Trade sanctions on China had backfired.
  美国针对中国的贸易制裁产生了反作用。
• His scheme backfired and he lost money.
  他的计划招来相反的结果，他赔钱了。
• 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？
• That plan might have backfired for companies like Wal-Mart, where dozens of customers complained that items weren't available for pickup in stores by the promised date.
  这项计划对沃尔玛这样的公司可能带来了事与愿违的结果。在沃尔玛，数十名顾客抱怨说，在该公司承诺的日期前他们无法在店内自提所购物品。