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

• It all backfired on me!
  一切都与我的愿望背道而驰！
• Unfortunately, those tactics backfired.
  不幸的是，那些战术产生反效果。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• That plan might have backfired for companies like Wal-Mart, where dozens of customers complained that items weren't available for pickup in stores by the promised date.
  这项计划对沃尔玛这样的公司可能带来了事与愿违的结果。在沃尔玛，数十名顾客抱怨说，在该公司承诺的日期前他们无法在店内自提所购物品。
• The plan totally backfired on him.
  这项计划对他产生了适得其反的结果。
• 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。