boomeranging

英 [ˈbuːməræŋɪŋ]

美 [ˈbuːməræŋɪŋ]

v.  害人反害己; 自食其果
boomerang的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• 飞去来器，回力镖（澳大利亚土著人最先使用）
  Aboomerangis a curved piece of wood which comes back to you if you throw it in the correct way. Boomerangs were first used by the people who were living in Australia when Europeans arrived there.
• VERB （计划）起反作用，使自食其果
  If a planboomerangs, its result is not the one that was intended and is harmful to the person who made the plan.
  1. The trick boomeranged, though...
     然而这个花招竟害了自己。
  2. He risks defeat in the referendum which he called, but which threatens to boomerang against him.
     他冒着失败的危险进行他所谓的“公投”，但这恐怕会反过来对他不利。

双语例句

• Boomeranging is a social trend that should give all of us and not just my brother serious cause of concern.
  回家啃老是一种社会趋势，它不只是一件让我哥哥，更是一件值得我们所有人严重关切的事。