petard

英 [pəˈtɑːd]

美 [pəˈtɑːrd]

网络  爆竹; 攻城炸药箱; 炸药兵; 炸药筒; 花火

复数：petards　现在分词：petarding　

BNC.36471 / COCA.35942

习惯用语

n.

be hoist/hoisted by/with your own petard
• 害人反害己；自食其果
  to be hurt or to have problems as a result of your own plans to hurt or trick others

英英释义

noun

• an explosive device used to break down a gate or wall

双语例句

• The reality is that Gawker and sites such as Mail Online, drawn from the UK tabloid tradition, face being hoist by their own petard.
  现实是Gawker及脱胎于英国小报传统的MailOnline这类网站正面临自食其果的窘境。
• It was indeed a clever plan to entrap his opponent, but in the end he was hoist by his own petard.
  设圈套陷害他的对手固然是个妙计，可是到头来却是害人反害己。
• Your tenure and cost to the organization ( 30%): how much money could the company save if it hoisted you by your expensive petard?
  员工任期及公司在此期间花在你身上的成本（30%）：如果公司以聘用你的成本过高为理由炒你的鱿鱼，公司能够节省多少开支？
• The criminal was hoist with his own petard when he tried to kill his master, because he accidentally drank the poison that he intended to give to him.
  那罪犯试图谋杀师傅时，反而害了自己，因为他意外地喝下了他欲给师傅的毒药。
• The students were hoist by their own petards, however, as Granada decided to transmit the programme anyway.
  不过，学生们聪明反被聪明误，格拉纳达最终还是决定要转播这个节目。
• The police hoisted the criminal with his own petard.
  警察使罪犯搬起石头砸自己的脚。