to backfire (tú bákfáiyà)

Idiom Mistake

含义

to have the opposite result of what was intended

得到与预期相反的结果 (dédào yǔ yùqī xiāngfǎn de jiéguǒ)

例句

"His plan backfired and made things worse."

"他的计划失败了,使情况变得更糟。" (tā de jìhuà shībàile, shǐ qíngkuàng biàndé gèng zāo)