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 plan backfired, and the retailer lost some of its loyal customer base as a result.
  可惜事与愿违，此举最终导致公司失去了一部分忠实客户。
• Our plans backfired at the last moment.
  我们的计划在最后关头失败了。
• However, the strategy backfired slightly.
  然而，这个战略有点事与愿违。
• It all backfired on me!
  一切都与我的愿望背道而驰！
• 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。
• I am not sure how to reconcile low congestion with regular turnover of spaces, but anyway the plan backfired in my case.
  我不知道如何协调减少拥堵和定期腾出车位之间的关系，但不管怎样，在我的例子中，这项计划起到了反效果。
• 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。
• Trade sanctions on China had backfired.
  美国针对中国的贸易制裁产生了反作用。
• Unfortunately, those tactics backfired.
  不幸的是，那些战术产生反效果。
• 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。