كيف تنطق "backfire"

word

ˈbækˌfaɪɹ

BAK-fy-er

bˈækfaɪə

BAK-fy-uh

التعريف

If a plan, action, or situation backfires, it has the opposite effect of what was intended, often causing problems instead of solving them.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈbækˌfaɪɹ

الإنجليزية البريطانية

bˈækfaɪə

أمريكي

BAK-fy-er

بريطاني

BAK-fy-uh

My plan to save money backfired when I had to pay more for repairs.

If you lie, it might backfire and cause trouble.

The joke backfired, and nobody laughed.

Trying to avoid traffic by leaving late totally backfired—I hit even more jams.