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单词 backfire
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backfire
verb[I]
uk
/ˌbækˈfaɪər/us
/ˌbækˈfaɪr/

backfireverb[I](BAD RESULT)

(of aplan) to have theoppositeresultfrom the one youintended:
（计划）产生适得其反的结果
Herplansto make himjealousbackfiredonher when hestarteddatingherbestfriend.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。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Failing and doing badly
  • abjectly
  • at-risk
  • backbencher
  • balls(something)up
  • be on your beam endsidiom
  • blow
  • bomb
  • collapse
  • fall to piecesidiom
  • fight a losing battleidiom
  • flog
  • flog a dead horseidiom
  • flop
  • founder
  • rebound
  • rot
  • running on emptyidiom
  • sclerotic
  • smoke
  • the rot sets inidiom
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backfireverb[I](ENGINE)

(of anengine) to make aloudnoiseas aresultoffuelburningtoo early:
（引擎）发生回火
I waswokenby thesoundof atruckbackfiring.卡车引擎的回火声把我惊醒了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Machines - Functioning
  • action
  • actuator
  • asthmatically
  • commission
  • deactivation
  • firesomeoneup
  • function assomething/someone
  • functional
  • functionality
  • functioning
  • in commissionidiom
  • operate
  • operational
  • order
  • power
  • reset
  • self-driving
  • start
  • start (something) up
  • tick over
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(Definition ofbackfirefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

backfire| American Dictionary

backfire
verb[I]
us
/ˈbækˌfɑɪər/

backfireverb[I](HAVE BAD RESULT)

(of aplan) to have theoppositeresultfrom the one youintended:
Somehotelownersworrythat theideaofattractingmorevisitorsmay backfire and make theplacelessattractive.

backfireverb[I](MAKE NOISE)

(of anengine) to make aloudnoisebecause thefuelburnedtoosoon
(Definition ofbackfirefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbackfire

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Conversely, nonlocals' use of please backfires because acting "proper" asser ts superiority in terms not locally condoned.
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The concentration on softness and the absence of microscopic life as criteria of purity backfired.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In such circumstances, it is scarcely surprising that it backfired.
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They intended to enter the markets to take advantage of our tragedy, but found that raising the issue backfired on them at home.
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The last time he did so, it backfired in his face.
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A car draws into a road check point and as it is leaving it backfires.
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What is particularly frustrating for me is that the promised election awareness advertisement has spectacularly backfired.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I am sure that he appreciates the danger of irony because it often backfires; he will learn from that experience.
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I understand that this particular operation was carried out with the view to making slighter larger profit for the firm, and it clearly backfired.
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The legislation backfired badly for them, as, in fact, more funds were set up, but the process remains cumbersome.
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By chance a car below the sanger backfires a couple of times.
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When it backfired, they said that the propaganda was one way, at least from their point of view.
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The first argument is that the figures are all wrong, and unfortunately that argument is right, but it backfired.
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Will there be any undesirable effects on the pilot of the aircraft if the cannon backfires?
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On one occasion, an operating theatre had to be closed because air conditioning backfired, spraying a sterile theatre with droplets of dirty water.
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