backlashback•lash /'bæklæʃ/

n C

1. (机械的)后冲

2. 强烈反应，强烈反对

• The continuous rise in violence crime eventually provoked a backlash against the liberal gun-control laws. 暴力犯罪持续增加，终于引起了对过宽的枪支管理法的强烈不满。