单词	backfire
释义	backfireback‧fire /ˌbækˈfaɪə $ ˈbækfaɪr/ ●○○ verb [intransitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE backfire Simple Form Present they backfire it backfires Past it, they backfired Present perfect they have backfired it has backfired Past perfect it, they had backfired Future it, they will backfire Future perfect it, they will have backfired Continuous Form Present they are backfiring it is backfiring Past they were backfiring it was backfiring Present perfect they have been backfiring it has been backfiring Past perfect it, they had been backfiring Future it, they will be backfiring Future perfect it, they will have been backfiring Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES His plan to get attention backfired, and instead of being promoted he lost his job. Trying to make your partner jealous by flirting with other people can easily backfire on you. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A final experiment by the police at labour organization backfired disastrously. A risk without a clear purpose can backfire. Ellen was still arguing with me as Thessy and I climbed in and backfired away, but I was no longer listening. It has backfired because those worst hit by the pandemic, black people, are paying the price. Sien confided in him for once, and the scheme to start another quarrel backfired. Smearing a good woman for partisan, political advantage can be a deadly game that can easily backfire. This was a clever attempt to appease the people, but it backfired. Thesaurus THESAURUS► fail to not succeed – used about people, plans, methods etc: · The plan failed.· They failed to persuade her to change her mind.· This method never fails. ► go wrong if something you do goes wrong, it fails after starting well: · The experiment went wrong when the chemicals combined to form a poisonous gas. ► not work if something does not work, it does not do what you want it to do: · The drugs don’t work.· I tried to fix it with glue, but that didn’t work. ► be unsuccessful to not have the result you wanted: · His first attempt to get a teaching job was unsuccessful.· The search was unsuccessful. ► be a failure to be unsuccessful, with the result that you have wasted your efforts: · The government’s 5-year plan to modernize the economy was a complete failure. ► backfire if a plan or action backfires, it does the opposite of what it was intended to do: · His plan to get attention backfired, and instead of being promoted he lost his job. ► in vain if you try to do something in vain, you fail to do it: · They tried in vain to save him.· All her efforts had been in vain. Longman Language Activatorto have the opposite effect to what was intended► backfire if a plan or action backfires , it is intended to do one thing but instead does the opposite: · His plan to get attention backfired, and instead of being promoted he lost his job.backfire on: · Trying to make your partner jealous by flirting with other people can easily backfire on you. ► self-defeating an action or plan that is self-defeating is not well planned or is badly done, so that it produces the opposite effect from the one intended: · Taxing poor people to pay for hospitals is always self- defeating.· Attempts to stir up nationalistic feeling at such times are bound to be self-defeating. ► counterproductive intended to make something better, but actually making it worse: · Putting very young offenders in prison can be counterproductive.· Constant correction by a teacher is often counterproductive, as the student may become afraid to speak at all. WORD SETS► COLOURS & SOUNDS ablaze, adjectiveacoustic, adjectiveacoustics, nounaglow, adjectivebaa, verbbabble, verbbabble, nounbabel, nounbaby talk, nounbackfire, verbbackground, nounbang, nounbang, verbbang, interjectionbark, verbbark, nounbattle cry, nounbay, verbbeat, verbbeat, nounbellow, verbbellow, nounblare, verbblast, nounbleat, verbbleep, nounbleep, verbblip, nounbong, nounboom, nounboom, verbbowwow, interjectionbrassy, adjectivebray, verbbrazen, adjectivebreathy, adjectivebubble, verbbump, nounchatter, verbchatter, nounclink, verbclink, nouncrack, verbcrack, nouncrackle, verbcrackling, nouncrash, verbcrash, nouncreak, verbcreaky, adjectivecroak, verbcroak, nouncrow, nouncrow, verbcrunch, nouncrunch, verbding-dong, noundiscord, noundiscordant, adjectivedrone, verbdrone, noundrown, verbdrum, verbdrumbeat, noundrumming, noundull, adjectiveecho, verbecho, nounfizz, verbflat, adjectivefootfall, nounfootstep, nounfusillade, noungrinding, adjectivegroan, verbgroan, noungrunt, verbgrunt, nounguffaw, verbgunshot, nounguttural, adjectivehigh, adjectivehigh, adverbhiss, verbindistinct, adjectiveirregular, adjectivelow, verbmarbled, adjectivematching, adjectivemellow, adjectivemelodic, adjectivemelodious, adjectivemetallic, adjectivemoan, verbmoan, nounmodulate, verbmonotone, nounmoo, verbmurmur, verbmurmur, nounmusical, adjectivemusically, adverbmute, verbnasal, adjectivenoise, nounoink, interjectionoof, interjectionpatter, verbpatter, nounpeal, nounpeal, verbpenetrating, adjectivepercussion, nounpsychedelic, adjectivepulse, nounputter, verbquack, verbquack, nounquaver, nounracket, nounrasp, verbrasp, nounraspberry, nounrat-a-tat, nounrattle, nounraucous, adjectivereedy, adjectivereport, nounresonance, nounresonant, adjectiveresonate, verbresonator, nounresound, verbresounding, adjectivereverberate, verbreverberation, nounrich, adjectivering, nounring, verbringing, adjectiveripple, verbripple, nounroar, nounroaring, adjectiveroll, verbrough, adjectiverustle, verbrustle, nounscratch, verbscratch, nounscream, verbscream, nounscrunch, verbsmoky, adjectivesnarl, verbsoft, adjectivesoft-spoken, adjectivesonorous, adjectivesotto voce, adverbsplosh, verbsweet, adjectiveswoosh, verbtick-tock, nountinny, adjectivetonal, adjectivevivid, adjectivevowel, nounwail, verbweak, adjectivewhack, nounwham, interjectionwhine, verbwhinny, verbwhirr, verbwhistle, verbwhistle, nounyelp, nounyowl, verbzoom, noun 1if a plan or action backfires, it has the opposite effect to the one you intended:  The company’s new policy backfired when a number of employees threatened to quit.► see thesaurus at fail2if a car backfires, it makes a sudden loud noise because the engine is not working correctly
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