When we do the opposite of what our emotions urge, we can start to decrease that emotion.
而当我们反着自己的情绪冲动来行动时就会开始减弱那种情绪。
Currently we do the opposite: when we make kids do boring work, like arithmetic drills, instead of admitting frankly that it's boring, we try to disguise it with superficial decorations.
当前我们做相反一面：当我们让小家伙们做单调的工作比如算术练习，而不是真诚的承认那些是令人厌烦的，而我们却试图用肤浅的装饰品去伪装！
Our level of attraction to the opposite sex has more to do with our inner confidence than how we look.
我们对异性的吸引程度更多地与我们内心的自信有关，而不是外貌。
I went through my mail today, and got the usual batch of letters declaring that I'm wrong about everything, and that we should do the opposite of anything I say.
我今天去邮箱拿信，像往常一样，我拿到一大堆宣称我在每件事情上都是错误的告诫信，我们应该在这些事情上全部做相反的决定。
If cynicism and love lie at opposite ends of a spectrum, do we not sometimes fall in love in order to escape the debilitating cynicism to which we are prone?
如果玩世不恭和爱情位于对立的两端，那么有时候我们不是用相爱来逃避自己耽于其中、从而遭其弱化的玩世不恭吗？
In business, we have all had our fair share of overdoing things with unwarranted complexities, which typically winds up with the opposite effect — more is less — as I often do in my volleying.
在商场中、公司里，我们都有矫枉过正的经历，常常把简单的事情变得太过复杂，其结果往往是起到相反效果，｢过犹不及｣，这就是我勤练上网截球最宝贵的心得。
"The textbook notion is that F-BAR proteins fold inward, but here we show it can do the opposite" explains Polleux.
Polleux解释说：“课本上说F - BAR蛋白质向内弯曲，但是这里我们看到的是相反的情形。”
This may sound opposite to all the other advice here, but we often feel the best about ourselves when we do something selflessly for others.
这听起来好像有点违背刚才提过的意见，但我们总会感觉良好，特别是为他人做些事可不求回报。
In fact we may even go out of our way to do the opposite of an outgroup.
事实上，我们更可能走相反的路，做非同一类人所做的相反的事。
Doing good for another person because something's in it for the do-er is the very opposite of what we have in mind.
如果为另一个人做好事是因为做好事本身有利于做好事的人，则与我们的想法正好相反。
Isn't it crazy how we do the exact opposite of what we should be doing?
当我们所作与我们应该做的完全背离时，是不是很疯狂？
Do you mean that even the world's calamities and disasters are, at some level, created by us so that we can "experience the opposite of Who we are"?
你的意思是，在某些层面，甚至世界上的灾难和不幸，也都是我们自己创造的，因为我们要“经验我们真正是谁的另一面”？
I do believe we will meet each other before too long somewhere beyond this world, except I myself might be supposed to finish some business in the land opposite to heaven.
我的确相信，我们大家不久就会在这个世界之外的某个地方再次会面，当然，除非在与天堂对立的那个地方，我个人可能还有一些事情该要去完成而外。
Most gadgets are generally meant to improve the quality of our lives, but it is when we spend too much time with them that they actually do the opposite.
大部分这样的电子设备是用来改善人们生活质量的，然而，如果花太多时间在这些东西上就会适得其反。
We hope to see an early resolution of the Darfur issue. And we hope that all relevant parties will do things to facilitate this, not the opposite.
我们希望达尔富尔问题早日得到解决，我们也希望各方多做对此有益的事，而不是相反。
The opposite is the case in India, where the friend's role is to "sense" a person's need and do something about it. The idea of reciprocity as we know is unheard of.
这在印度是相反的，那里朋友的角色是“感觉”一个人的需要，并且为这做些什么。我们所理解的互惠是听说不到的。
In other words, the normal ways we know to reduce things in our lives (avoid or deliberately change what you do not want) has the exact opposite effect than what was intended.
换句话说，我们知道，按常理如果想要减少某件事情在生活中的比例(避免或者故意改变你想要的东西)常常会产生与我们期望的相反想过。
Many concluded that the same patterns would apply on the web. But its not so. We do the exact opposite.
很多人认为网站设计也可以这样，但事实却相反。
We are afraid that people do not understand and try to get rid of the opposites out of perceptual cognition, and will be eradicated by the "inside opposite" on the contrary.
怕只怕人们不明白这个道理，只凭感性去消灭对立面，岂料自己反被“内部的对立面”所消灭。
What we really need to do is relax and think clearly, but evolution often leads us in the opposite direction; worry often breeds anxiety, paralysis, depression, rather than creative solutions.
其实我们真正需要做的是放松下来考虑清楚，而进化结果却常常把我们带往相反的方向。
When conventional and usual practice does not bring anticipated results, we would change our minds, abandon the original approaches, and go other way round to do the opposite.
当习惯性思路和实践不能带来预期的成果时，我们会改变做法，摒弃习惯性思路，另觅蹊径，“反其道而为之”。
When conventional and usual practice does not bring anticipated results, we would change our minds, abandon the original approaches, and go other way round to do the opposite.
当习惯性思路和实践不能带来预期的成果时，我们会改变做法，摒弃习惯性思路，另觅蹊径，“反其道而为之”。
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