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backfire
/ˈbækˌfaɪr/
American
- v. 适得其反
- n. 回火, 放火
- Definition
- v. to have the opposite effect from what was intended
- n. a loud noise made by an engine, or an act of setting a fire
- Example
- His clever plan to skip work completely backfired on him.
- 他那个想逃班的聪明计划完全弄巧成拙。