英:[ˌbækˈfaɪə(r)]
美:[ˈbækˌfaɪr]
英:[ˌbækˈfaɪə(r)]
美:[ˈbækˌfaɪr]
back·fire
复数:backfires
第三人称单数:backfires
现在分词:backfiring
过去式:backfired
过去分词:backfired
"Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"
"My old car backfires all the time"
1832年,美国英语,最初指“在野火前面故意点燃的火,以剥夺其燃料”,源自 back(形容词)+ fire(名词)。作为这个意义上的动词,记录于1886年。
名词“内燃机中的过早点火”于1897年记录。作为计划、方案等的动词,“影响发起者而非预期对象”,这个意义从1912年开始,是从枪支意外的反冲中引申出来的。
The first known use of backfire was in 1801
backhand1 of 4noun
a stroke (as in tennis) made with the back of the hand turned in the direction of movement
a catch made with the arm across the body and the palm turned away from the body
handwriting in which the letters slant to the left
backhand2 of 4adjective
using or made with a backhand
backhand3 of 4verb
to do, hit, or catch with a backhand
backhand4 of 4adverb
with a backhand
backgammonnoun
a board game for two played with dice in which the object is to be the first to move all one's pieces around and off the board
backfire1 of 2noun
a fire that is set to check the spread of a forest fire or a grass fire by burning off a strip of land ahead of it
a loud noise caused by the improperly timed explosion of fuel in the cylinder of an internal combustion engine
backfire2 of 2verb
to make a backfire
to have a result opposite to what was planned
their plans backfired
backfire1 of 2noun
a fire that is set to check the spread of a forest fire or a grass fire by burning off a strip of land ahead of it
a loud noise caused by the improperly timed explosion of fuel in the cylinder of an internal combustion engine
backfire2 of 2verb
to make a backfire
to have a result opposite to what was planned
their plans backfired
1 “Why is it in fairy tales, wishes always backfire?”
2 my plan to throw her a surprise party backfired when she ended up thinking that everyone had forgotten her birthday
3 While groans, fiendish gurglings and backfires were emitting from the barn, the house itself would be organized confusion, as the family carried out its preparations in accordance with prearranged plans.
4 Measures that usually promote growth and job creation can have little effect, or backfire.
通常可以促进增长和就业的措施几乎起不到什么效果,甚至会适得其反。
5 Leon had thought he was inflicting punishment on the fellows selected to do the job but the discipline backfired.
6 Please do not use hotel language or else our plan will backfire.
请不要使用酒店用语,否则这些评论将产生反效果。
7 And anyhow, I thought, tattling to his mom would probably backfire.
8 However, a good belief could also backfire.
然而,坚定的信念可能带来反作用。
9 The president's tactics could backfire.
总统的策略可能会事与愿违。
10 Then, while those firefighters dig, others start a backfire.
然后,当这些消防员挖洞的时候,其他人却适得其反。
11 Even when decisions are made they sometimes seem to backfire.
等到做出了决策,又常常是事与愿违。
12 The President's tactics could backfire...
总统的策略可能会适得其反。
13 He made a very big point of looking at Anatole when he said that, but he also seemed put out with Tata Ndu for the voting activity, which got backfired on him.
14 The plan majorly backfired, with women taking to TikTok, Instagram, and X (formerly Twitter) to talk about just how offensive Bumble’s new ad campaign was to them.
15 Efforts by prosecutors to introduce “prior bad acts” evidence are limited, said Lynne M. Abraham, a former Philadelphia district attorney and judge, because they can backfire.
16 But this could backfire.
但是,这可能会适得其反。
17 But librarians' backgrounds in the law can sometimes backfire.
但是图书馆员的法学院背景有时也会有反作用。
18 I followed her sheepishly, my plan to go it alone and hide my white mother now completely awash, backfired in the worst way.
19 Phone calls can backfire.
电话可以回应。
20 In many Mende stories the spider is the character that tricks other animals to get what he wants, but his tricks always backfire on him.
1 放火
5 产生事与愿违的结果
6 迎火
7 产生反作用
8 失败
lost failed unsuccessful losing busted abortive unsuccessfully failingly loss Miss failure defeat reverse suck frustration abortion turkey smash bust frost setback flop failing miscarriage boob fluff shipwreck misfire boggle muff fizzle undoing flunk flub cock-up discomfiture mess-up cockup smashup unsuccess go lose fail crash founder fold abort goof trip upset spike frustrate wreck vitiate go down the tubes bring to grief be defeated in lose the day singe wings run awry come to nothing go to the wall come a mucker have had chips no soap put the skids on put the skids under fall down on go belly up come unstuck drop through go awry