| 词汇 | backfire |
| 释义 | backfire verb[ I ] uk /ˌbækˈfaɪər/ us /ˌbækˈfaɪr/ backfireverb[I] (BAD RESULT)(of a plan) to have the opposite result from the one you intended: （计划）产生适得其反的结果 Her plans to make him jealous backfired on her when he started dating her best friend.她原本想让他妒嫉，没想到最后他却和她最好的朋友好上了。 Failing and doing badly abjectly at-risk backbencher balls (something) up be on your beam endsidiom blow (someone/something) up bomb egg flog flog a dead horseidiom flop flub flunk out founder mess running on emptyidiom sclerotic screw screw (something) up the rot sets inidiom backfireverb[I] (ENGINE)(of an engine) to make a loud noise as a result of fuel burning too early: （引擎）发生回火 I was woken by the sound of a truck backfiring.卡车引擎的回火声把我惊醒了。 Machines - Functioning action actuator deactivation engaged faultily faulty fire someone up function as something/someone light operative peg peg out play something up power power (something) up refire reset road tick working backfire | American Dictionarybackfire verb[ I ] us/ˈbækˌfɑɪər/ backfireverb[I] (HAVE BAD RESULT)(of a plan) to have the opposite result from the one you intended: Some hotel owners worry that the idea of attracting more visitors may backfire and make the place less attractive. backfireverb[I] (MAKE NOISE)(of an engine) to make a loud noise because the fuel burned too soon Examples of backfirebackfire The concentration on softness and the absence of microscopic life as criteria of purity backfired. In such circumstances, it is scarcely surprising that it backfired. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They intended to enter the markets to take advantage of our tragedy, but found that raising the issue backfired on them at home. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The last time he did so, it backfired in his face. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A car draws into a road check point and as it is leaving it backfires. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is particularly frustrating for me is that the promised election awareness advertisement has spectacularly backfired. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I am sure that he appreciates the danger of irony because it often backfires; he will learn from that experience. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand that this particular operation was carried out with the view to making slighter larger profit for the firm, and it clearly backfired. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The legislation backfired badly for them, as, in fact, more funds were set up, but the process remains cumbersome. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By chance a car below the sanger backfires a couple of times. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When it backfired, they said that the propaganda was one way, at least from their point of view. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The first argument is that the figures are all wrong, and unfortunately that argument is right, but it backfired. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will there be any undesirable effects on the pilot of the aircraft if the cannon backfires? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On one occasion, an operating theatre had to be closed because air conditioning backfired, spraying a sterile theatre with droplets of dirty water. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If ever a ploy backfired, it was the attempt to hijack this debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of backfire These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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