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 backfire ['bæk'faɪr]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 逆火, 回火, 放火

vi. 放逆火, 预先放火, 发生意外

[电] 逆火


  1. The car/engine backfired noisily.
    那汽车[发动机]发生逆火引起爆鸣.
  2. The plot backfired (on the terrorist) when the bomb exploded too soon.
    由於炸弹过早爆炸, （恐怖分子的）阴谋未能得逞.
  3. His scheme to win the girl backfire and she go to another guy.
    他追求那女孩的计划产生了反效果，现在她名花另有主。


backfire
[ noun ]
  1. the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired

    2. <noun.event>
  2. a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine

    3. <noun.event>
  3. a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path

    4. <noun.event>
  4. a miscalculation that recoils on its maker

    5. <noun.act>
[ verb ]
  1. come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

    2. <verb.social> backlash recoil
    Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble
  2. emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire

    3. <verb.perception>
    My old car backfires all the time
  3. set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire

    4. <verb.change>


Backfire \Back"fire`\ Back-fire \Back"-fire`\, v. i.
1. (Engin.) To have or experience a back fire or back fires;
-- said of an internal-combustion engine.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2. Of a Bunsen or similar air-fed burner, to light so that
the flame proceeds from the internal gas jet instead of
from the external jet of mixed gas and air. --
{Back"-fir`ing}, n.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

backfire \backfire\, back fire \back fire\
1. A fire started ahead of a forest or prairie fire to burn
only against the wind, so that when the two fires meet
both must go out for lack of fuel.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2.
(a) A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil
engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke,
tending to drive the piston in a direction reverse to
that in which it should travel; also called a {knock}
or {ping}.
(b) an explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal
combustion engine.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

  1. In Dhaka, Bangladesh, Chinese Premier Li Peng said Sunday that Western trade sanctions against China because of its crackdown on dissent would backfire and hurt the countries imposing the restrictions.
  2. Some voluntary severance and early-retirement programs backfire.
  3. Asked how close the backfire came to structures at Silver Gate on Tuesday night, fire information officer Dave McMorran replied: "Zero.
  4. And if the backfire hadn't gone far enough, the wind would blow embers from the backfire itself into residential areas, endangering the town it was meant to protect.
  5. And if the backfire hadn't gone far enough, the wind would blow embers from the backfire itself into residential areas, endangering the town it was meant to protect.
  6. Flames from the backfire roared past Silver Gate late Tuesday night, coming within 200 yards of buildings clustered along the community's main street before continuing east past Cooke City on Wednesday.
  7. With the growing experience of Helmut Kohl and Francois Mitterrand - as well as the strategic skill of Jacques Delors - this approach began to backfire badly.
  8. President Bush's order to send American troops into combat in Panama, initially greeted with broad support in Congress, could backfire politically if casualties continue to mount and the United States becomes bogged down there.
  9. However, competitors say that Kidder's hiring binge involving executive-level staffers, some with multiple-year contract guarantees, could backfire unless there are results.
  10. A woman on the ticket, some say, would help Mr. Bush, who does poorly among women voters in public-opinion polls, but such a move might backfire and be seen more as an admission of weakness.
  11. And some deals backfire: One menswear designer, a source says, was itching for his contract with a television host to end because the jowly and pot-bellied celebrity turned out to be no credit to the clothes.
  12. He'd better hope his plan to take that legendary protectionist, Lee Iacocca, with Mr. Bush to Japan next month doesn't backfire in more trade acrimony.
  13. 'The older audiences tend to have higher disposable income,' he says, adding that one of his most successful events in recent months was a 'Solid Silver Sixties tour'. Others fear this growing conservatism could backfire on the industry.
  14. The measure could backfire on some consumers, though.
  15. Mr. Baker said he fears a yen-denominated bond issue could backfire by indicating a lack of U.S. confidence in the dollar.
  16. But the strategy can backfire; if the ads appear too self-serving, the companies may end up looking like rank opportunists instead of good Samaritans.
  17. FCC Commissioner Patricia Diaz Dennis expressed concern that the agency lacked authority to block U.S. sales because of trade concerns, and that the initiative would backfire.
  18. Along Yellowstone's northern border, high winds drove a deliberately set backfire along the northern edge of Cooke City and nearby Silver Gate.
  19. But medical and social services officials said the charge could backfire and prevent cocaine-abusing mothers-to-be from seeking help.
  20. Given the devious ways and reactionary bent of many of these officials, who now stand to lose their jobs, an ill-conceived reform could backfire and perhaps spark social upheaval or even another coup.
  21. Putting it to a referendum might backfire.
  22. It ends with an ironic backfire to Thompson's quest for the Pulitzer Prize.
  23. The company's ethnic strategy could also backfire because it calls for loading up the stores with fatty foods and salty snacks.
  24. American Electric probably won't obtain a significant further earnings gain from declining interest rates, Mr. Disbrow said, and the rate decline could backfire.
  25. The forest service, eager for its first victory against the fire, had set the backfire for noon but had to wait until late afternoon for proper weather conditions.
  26. Such largesse will eventually backfire. There needs to be less of this 'honest guy' image.
  27. Arrange a regular transfer of your foreseeable monthly outgoings just before the largest payment (perhaps the mortgage) is due to be paid. Keep an eye on competing savings rates, but remember that chasing the last penny can backfire.
  28. The only way she'll see it is in a book." In April, when the lawsuit was filed, lawyers for the estate contended the museum was waging a war of attrition against a modest estate, a stategy they say would eventually backfire.
  29. Some political analysts express the concern that this scenario may backfire.
  30. Stretching this sphere of responsibility, innocuous and well-meaning as that may seem, will eventually backfire and weaken the boss's ability to discharge his or her real duties.
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