backfire

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

适得其反,反作用力,反击,反效果

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb

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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

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- : 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.

verbhave an opposite effect

Synonyms

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.

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

适得其反,反作用力,反击,反效果

v.无主动词 verb

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
- : 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.

verbhave an opposite effect

Synonyms

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.