backfiring v. (车辆或其发动机)回火;(行动)事与愿违(backfire 的现在分词)
- A car backfiring, for instance, can set off an emotional response in a combat veteran if the loud noise becomes associated in his mind with a wartime experience.
比如,汽车爆胎会让退伍老兵产生情绪化的反应,只要他的脑子将这声巨响同战争中的某次经历联系在了一起。 - Irrational Rule-Making. The EPA's rules about what constitutes hazardous waste are backfiring against the nationwide recycling effort.
法规制订随意:环保署关于有害物质的法规同全国资源回收的工作正好唱反调。 - An hour ago he’d had another recheck, a big-ticket job that started backfiring 20 minutes after the customer left.
一个小时前,他刚做了一个返修。 那是一个大单,可是顾客取了车离开,20分钟后就出了问题。