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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Voldemort attempts to kill Harry Potter, but the spell backfires and the Dark Lord is hit.
  伏地魔正要杀死哈利，但是咒语反弹回来打在黑魔王身上。
• If it backfires, it could bedevil efforts to contain public spending.
  若计划遭遇不测，为控制政府开支所做的努力将功亏一篑。
• 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。
• 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。
• When the Direct Approach Backfires, Try Indirect Influence
  尝试间接影响
• 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。