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backfire

/bak-fahyuhr/US // ˈbækˌfaɪər //UK // (ˌbækˈfaɪə) //

适得其反,反作用力,反击,反效果

Related Words

fail不合格,失败,不及格,不成功flop扑倒,扑向rebound反弹,回弹,回升,反弹力ricochet反弹,反弹术,跳弹,反弹力recoil反冲力,后坐力,反冲,后退disappoint失望,让人失望的是,让人失望,使人失望的是boomerang回旋镖,回力镖,回旋镖客,回力球miscarry流产,小产,小便,堕胎backlash反冲力,反击,反弹,反冲bounce back反弹,反弹回来,弹回,回弹

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    back·fired, back·fir·ing.

    • : to have a loud, premature explosion in the intake manifold.
    • : to bring a result opposite to that which was planned or expected: The plot backfired.
    • : to start a fire deliberately in order to check a forest or prairie fire by creating a barren area in advance of it.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : premature ignition of fuel in the intake manifold.
    • : an explosion coming out of the breech of a firearm.
    • : a fire started intentionally to check the advance of a forest or prairie fire.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbhave an opposite effect
Synonyms
fail不合格,失败,不及格,不成功flop扑倒,扑向backlash反冲力,反击,反弹,反冲boomerang回旋镖,回力镖,回旋镖客,回力球disappoint失望,让人失望的是,让人失望,使人失望的是miscarry流产,小产,小便,堕胎rebound反弹,回弹,回升,反弹力recoil反冲力,后坐力,反冲,后退ricochet反弹,反弹术,跳弹,反弹力bounce back反弹,反弹回来,弹回,回弹spring back春回大地,春天回来了,春天来了

Examples

  • Providing the facts decreased concerns about fraud among Democrats, but increased them among Republicans—a classic backfire effect.

  • Research on the backfire effect is mixed, and some studies suggest it happens rarely.

  • The Washington Post detailed several other instances of vote-shaming backfires in a 2018 story, including a tweet by Billy Eichner in which he told his bellhop to vote, prompting backlash that forced him to delete the quip.

  • That’s where they’re actually creating the new fire that’s with their burnout, the backfire operation.

  • Spreading a one-size-fits-all model for girls' education could backfire.

  • Gerald Ford and the swine flu pandemic that never happened in 1976 is a cautionary tale that government action can backfire.

  • But with Americans fed up with corporate influence, will the move backfire?

  • Overall, taking steps to get pregnant quickly is more likely to pay off than it is to backfire.

  • And when that culture still holds onto sexist views of women, even attempts to rectify this imbalance can backfire.

  • If you have to burn off the rubbish, do so in small spots at a time, then backfire toward the center.

  • A handful of men were still grouped around Curt, working until the last moment to spread the backfire as far as possible.

  • Well, way uptown on Main Street, a motorcycle did backfire right beside us—and we all jumped and had a good laugh over it.

  • It was unusual for a motorcycle to backfire that close together, it seemed like.

  • It sounded like a motorcycle backfire at first—the first time we heard it—the first shot.

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