misfires

英 [ˌmɪsˈfaɪəz]

美 [ˌmɪsˈfaɪərz]

v. 不奏效; 不起作用; 不起动; 打不着火; 不发火; 射不出子弹
misfire的第三人称单数

VERB 未奏效;未获得预期效果;失败
If a plan misfires, it goes wrong and does not have the results that you intend it to have.
1. Some of their policies had misfired.
  他们的一些政策已经失败了。
VERB (引擎)不发火，不启动
If an engine misfires, the fuel fails to start burning when it should.
1. The boat's engine misfired after he tried to start it up.
  他试着启动船的引擎，但没发动起来。
VERB (枪)不能开火，射不出子弹
If a gun misfires, the bullet is not sent out as it should be when the gun is fired.
1. The gun misfired after one shot and jammed.
  开过一枪后，枪哑火卡住了。

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Other misfires are for cars that seemed initially appealing but turned out to be deeply flawed.
还有些轿车一开始看起来很吸引人，后来才发现它们存在重大缺陷。
For all her talents, the former First Lady is not new-and leaning on her husband's popularity whenever her campaign misfires underlines the fact.
尽管她才华横溢，但这位前第一夫人并非新面孔；并且，只要其竞选活动失势，她便会借助其丈夫的人气，也突显了这一事实。
They probably left the misfires in the muck.
他们可能把没点着的落在泥里了。
If the motor cycle goes over a bump, the engine misfires.
如果摩托车驶过路面隆起之处，引擎就会熄火。
Other than that, faults with the ECU ( the engine's electronic brain) can cause misfires, particularly on early cars.
除此之外，与ECU（发动机的电子大脑）故障可能导致擦枪走火，特别是早期的汽车。