| 词汇 | misfired |
| 释义 | misfired past simple and past participle ofmisfire misfire verb[ I ] uk /ˌmɪsˈfaɪər/ us /ˌmɪsˈfaɪr/ misfireverb[I] (GUN)If a gun misfires, the bullet fails to come out.（枪弹）射不出，哑火 Guns blaster cannon cannonade cannonball caught in crossfire discharge go off gunnery gunpoint gunsmith kick machine gun plug pot salvo semi-automatically semiautomatic shoot someone down shoot up shooter misfireverb[I] (ENGINE)When an engine misfires, the fuel inside it starts to burn at the wrong moment: （引擎）无法启动，不能正常运行 There was a loud bang, like the sound of an engine misfiring.有一声巨响，像是引擎发动不起来的声音。 Machines - not functioning act up balky blooey break break down brokenness brownout burn out downtime flat malfunction outage seize seize up short circuit shot shudder shut shut (something) down shutdown misfireverb[I] (PLAN)If a plan misfires, it does not have the result that was intended: （计划）未达到预期效果，未达到预期目的，失败 The boy's death was the result of a practical joke that misfired.男孩的死是一场恶作剧出的岔子。 Failing and doing badly abjectly at-risk backbencher balls (something) up be on your beam endsidiom beam blow (someone/something) up bomb egg flog flog a dead horseidiom flop flub flunk out mess running on emptyidiom sclerotic screw screw (something) up the rot sets inidiom Examples of misfiredmisfired In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This was the paradox the president faced after his purge had misfired. One firework, which must have misfired, came over my fence and exploded above the lawn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was not made with that intention and was intended to be a mildly facetious observation, which evidently misfired. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We can guess the reasons for this, but they misfired. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But the post has misfired in my area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That brings me to the matter of misfired shells—shells that have not hit their target. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It misfired on the restriction of definition and on its narrow application. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The issue of industrial relations and the code has misfired politically. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was commenting on one of his which misfired. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think it took place at the right psychological moment, and if it had taken place earlier it might very well have misfired. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Who knows what would have happened if anyone had been within a couple of yards of that firework—admittedly, it misfired. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It misfired—yet the author of the 10p tax gimmick has the nerve to accuse me of being "never a details man". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They misfired and caused tremendous hardships, and they still do, to thousands of people who are in need. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unfortunately the first evacuation scheme largely misfired. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Rarely can there have been a debate which was so much heralded and which has misfired as badly as the debate in the past three hours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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