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- 弄巧成拙do a seemingly clever thing which turns out to be a foolish one instead;get into trouble through clever means;In trying to be smart they made themselves look foolish.;make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart;go for wool and come home shorn;
- 帮倒忙be more of a hindrance than a help;do a disservice ;
- 拔苗助长try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward -- spoil things by excessive enthusiasm (descriptive of a person, impatient for success, so acts as to destroy the very conditions upon which success depends);pull up a seedling in the mistaken hope of helping it to grow;pull up corn by the roots in the hope of making it grow faster;pull up seedlings to help them grow ;
- 事与愿违get the opposite of what one wants;achieve the opposite of what one intended;be contrary to what one expects;Events do not happen as one wishes.;backfire ;
- 揠苗助长try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward;be over-anxious to have sth. grow up;do harm to a thing by being over-enthusiastic (about it);help [try to make] the rice shoots grow ;
- 背道而驰run in opposite directions -- draw further apart;be opposed to;go (diametrically) against;go against ... in a diametrically opposite direction;run counter to ;
- 抱薪救火carry faggots to put out a fire -- adopt a wrong method to save a situation and end up by making it worse;add fuel to the fire;do sth. counterproductive;fight a fire by adding fuel to it ;
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We think an attempt to bully them into submission would be counterproductive.
我们认为试图迫使他们屈服会适得其反。
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Some sedatives produce the para-doxical effect of making the person more anxious.
一些镇静剂适得其反，加重了患者的焦虑。
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It is counter-productive to address an interviewee in patronizing tones.
以盛气凌人的语气同面试者讲话将会适得其反。
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It is obviously counterproductive to treat workers like idiots to protect against those few who are.
为防范少数几个人,把所有的工作人员都当做白痴,这显然适得其反.
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It'should be used in a careful and balanced manner, not arbitrarily.
这个原则应该根据实际需要适当的运用,不能随便使用, 否则会适得其反.
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It's counter-productive to be too tough : it just makes the staff resentful.
过于严厉则适得其反,使全体工作人员愤愤不平.
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Paying children too much attention when they misbehave can be self-defeating.
孩子有不良行为时，小题大做可能适得其反。
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There is a danger of overkill if you plan everything too carefully.
如果事事过分谨小慎微，那结果难免有适得其反的危险。
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The result will definitely turn out to be just the opposite of their wish.
其结果必然不会像他们所一厢情愿的那样,而只能适得其反.
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- glad adj.高兴的;感激的;乐意的;令人愉快的;
- speed n.速度;高速;v.加速，快速前行;超速驾驶;
- prohibit v.禁止;阻止;
- shark n.鲨鱼;坑蒙拐骗的人，诈骗者;[俚]老手;
- elastic adj.有弹力的;可伸缩的;灵活的;n.松紧带，橡皮圈;
- afraid adj.害怕的;担心的;恐怕;畏惧，害怕;
- double adj.两倍的;成双的;双重的;连续两个的;供两人用的;adv.成双地;
- success n.成功;成功的人;
- lack n.缺乏;v.缺少;
- whenever conj. 无论何时;每当;任何时间（都行）;不知什么时候;adv.（用于问句）究竟什么时候;
- headteacher n.中小学的校长;
- wag vt.& vi.摇动，摇摆;饶舌;（时势等）推移，变迁;n.摇动，摆动;爱说笑的人;滑稽角色;<英俚>逃学，偷懒;
