Brooklyn Nine-Nine · 第 1 季
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It's backfiring
适得其反,产生反效果
`backfire` 指原本打算取得正面效果的计划或行动,结果却产生了负面或相反的效果。这里 Santiago 想哄 Holt 开心,结果 Holt 却更不高兴了,就是 `backfiring`。
If this is your strategy to cheer me up,
-It's backfiring. -Sir, I don't think you realize how good flat numbers are.
I went back 12 years.
