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 problem is, it often backfires, especially when the girls go too far too fast.
  问题是，它常常事与愿违，尤其当女孩们做得太过、太急于求成时。
• The communication between parents and children backfires when the manner of parents is too harsh.
  当家长与孩子沟通的语气过于苛刻是，这种交流只能起到相反的作用。
• 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。
• If the engine backfires, the sudden pressure in the intake manifold forces the valve back.
  如果发动机回火，进气歧管骤增的压力就迫使阀门向后移动。
• If it backfires, there'll be no fallout on you.
  万一有什么闪失，不会让你背黑锅。
• You don't have to worry about saving the world. You've tried that before in otherlifetimes and it backfires.
  你们不必担忧拯救世界，你们已经在以前其他有生之年和逆火中努力过。
• 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。
• Federal and state entities have since relied on private companies to clear brush, light backfires, and fulfill an increasingly diverse array of support roles.
  此后，联邦政府和州政府便靠私有公司来清理灌木丛和监控燃烧。
• But when the dodge is noticeable, it backfires horribly, causing anger and distrust.
  但如果回避很明显，就会产生可怕的负效应，引起愤怒和不信任。
• A great machine is built to do this, but backfires and kills most of the city.
  一部巨大的机械被用来完成该任务，但是回火确杀死了众多市民。