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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• Yet another reason why ghosting on breakfast or forgoing other meals throughout the day backfires on you.
  这也是为什么你一天中不吃早餐或其他餐点却适得其反的原因。
• 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。
• 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。
• These unpleasant backfires like disasters and misfortunes will make us feel that our lives are helpless and meaningless.
  这些不愉快的挫折如灾难和不幸等总会让人觉得生命是如此的无助乏味。