【backfire】 - A-level备考词汇

backfire

UK:  [.bæk'faɪə(r)]

US:  ['bæk.faɪr]

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

v.

1.发生回火;放迎火;发生意外;产生适得其反的恶果

2.〔机〕回火

3.碰了壁

n.

1.〔技〕逆火,反焰;发生意外;结果适得其反

2.(故意引燃以阻止野火蔓延的)迎火;逆火,回火〔内燃机因点火过早发生的不时爆发〕;(摩托车的)放气声

3.背射

4.逆燃

5.反燃

6.逆弧

1 . Trying to get a head start by pushing early academics can backfire, causing difficulties for years to come.
试图提前开始学习文化课程，以求领先一步，会事与愿违，给将来造成障碍。

2 . Ask to speak to Creepy in private. It might be unnerving, but confronting him in public is not only bad form, it will most likely backfire.
邀请这个怪人私下谈话。这可能会让你有点紧张，但是公共场合和他正面冲突不仅是很不恰当的方式，甚至很有可能事与愿违。

3 . Unfortunately, this is not always the case; Amanda's story is just one of many examples of how having a higher paycheck can backfire.
不幸地是，情况不一定如此，Amanda的故事仅仅是众多拿高工资引起问题的其中一例。

4 . However, being closely affiliated with your own government can also backfire, if the regime in the host nation falls out with it.
不过，如果新兴市场国家的政局发生动荡，本国政府受到影响，那与其交往过密的企业也难逃牵连。

5 . Trying to be in control all the time can sometimes backfire.
偶尔遇到事与愿违的时候，请一定要控制好自己。