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。
• 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？
• However, the strategy backfired slightly.
  然而，这个战略有点事与愿违。
• 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。
• 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。
• It all backfired on me!
  一切都与我的愿望背道而驰！
• That last requirement backfired.
  然而，最后那条要求却产生了适得其反的效果。
• The plan totally backfired on him.
  这项计划对他产生了适得其反的结果。
• 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。