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

柯林斯词典

VERB 未奏效;未获得预期效果;失败
If a planmisfires, 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 enginemisfires, 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 gunmisfires, 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。