But in the depths of despair a year into a yearned-for premiership that had misfired on most fronts, Mr Brown turned again to his former friend.

但是，布朗在担任向往已久的首相一职一年之际，很多方面不如意，陷入深深的绝望，他重新向旧友寻求帮助。

youdao

I laughed but it was clear the gift had misfired.

我笑笑，但显然这份礼物没有达到预期效果。

youdao

The single cylinder misfire can be also done by the frequency spectrum analysis of rotating speed fluctuation at both low and high speeds, but it can not be determined which cylinder is misfired.

利用瞬态曲轴转速波动进行时域分析可在低速时诊断出单缸熄火，在高速时由于波动的复杂性就难以做到。

youdao

Meanwhile, Smith showed some nice zip on his passes but misfired at times, too.

WSJ: Jets' Sanchez, Smith not sharp early in QB battle

He asked whether Sherlock was "built in" to the operating system - an understandable line of questioning in view of Microsoft's "integration" of Internet Explorer into Windows - but it misfired badly.

BBC: USA versus Microsoft: the third week

Baltacha, ranked higher than the qualifier, had high hopes of reaching the last 16, but her booming serve misfired.

BBC: SPORT | Tennis | Molik, Baltacha crash out of DFS