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

• 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。
• 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。
• But both tricks have now backfired, by persuading rich-country participants that, rather than boosting their own economies, they were sacrificing their national interests to those of foreigners.
  但是，现在由于说服了富裕国家的与会者他们不是在推动本国经济的发展，而是在牺牲国家利益去照顾外国人的利益，两种把戏都产生了适得其反的结果。
• 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。
• 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。
• Mr Brock said: I think the power companies 'tactics have backfired.
  布洛克表示：我认为电力公司的策略会适得其反。
• It all backfired on me!
  一切都与我的愿望背道而驰！
• 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。
• Whatever the reason, the choice backfired, as history would have suggested.
  无论原因如何，这个选择失败了，与历史记录相符。