backfire

英 [bæk'faɪə] 美['bæk'faɪr]

TEM8低频词畅通词汇

第三人称单数: backfires;过去式: backfired;过去分词: backfired;现在分词: backfiring;

backfire (n.): 1839, American English, originally "a fire deliberately lit ahead of an advancing prairie fire to deprive it of fuel," from back (adj.) + fire (n.). As a verb in this sense, recorded from 1886. The meaning "premature ignition in an internal-combustion engine" is first recorded 1897. Of schemes, plans, etc., "to affect the initiator rather than the intended object" it is attested from 1912, a figurative use from the accidental back-firing of firearms.

2. A victory for Mr Bush and the internationalists could easily backfire.: 胜利,对于布什总统和国际主义者来说,极容易事与愿违.

3. America's public call for Turkish entry into the European Union may backfire.: 美国公开要求批准土耳其加入欧盟,这也许适得其反.

4. Don't criticize the students or it may backfire on you.: 不要总是批评学生,否则,物极必反.

5. He warned this might backfire and invite sympathy for the party.: 他警告这样做可能会带来反效果,为该党带来同情票.