Curiosity is often considered a good instinct—it can lead to new scientific advances, for instance—but sometimes such inquiry can backfire.
好奇心通常被认为是一种有益的本能——比如它能带来新的科学进步——但有时这种探究可能会适得其反。
谎言总是事与愿违。
Others say the scare tactics can sometimes backfire.
其他人说这些吓人的策略可能会适得其反。
Using an Advisory Board as a Promo Tool Will backfire.
把顾问团当成推广工具会适得其反。
Inexpert official intervention can easily backfire.
官方的外行干预容易产生相反的效果。
If what you're saying is not compelling, it could backfire.
如果你说的话本身就不具可信性，就只能适得其反了。
But librarians' backgrounds in the law can sometimes backfire.
但是图书馆员的法学院背景有时也会有反作用。
However, this approach can backfire if it triggers a price-cutting spiral.
然而事与愿违的是，这条途径可能引发商家竞相降价。
Rewards work under some circumstances but sometimes they backfire. Spectacularly.
奖励在一些情形下有用，而在一些情况下却会适得其反。
Another risk is that restrictions placed on firms that receive public money backfire.
另一个风险就是，对接受公共资金的公司所规定的限制会适得其反。
Measures that usually promote growth and job creation can have little effect, or backfire.
通常可以促进增长和就业的措施几乎起不到什么效果，甚至会适得其反。
Just don't try to fix it by clamoring and complaining - that doesn't work and will often backfire.
不要用叫嚷和抱怨来解决——那没有用，而且事与愿违。
But attack ads can backfire on the firms that make them, just as they sometimes do on pugnacious politicians.
然而，攻击性广告可能会让做广告的公司搬起石头砸了自己的脚，正如攻击性广告对好斗的政客所产生的影响一样。
But it can backfire if it's perceived as' micromanaging 'an employee, and undermines his or her self-confidence.
但如果这种风格被认为对员工管得太死，损害了员工的自信，则会适得其反。
But it can backfire if it's perceived as "micromanaging" an employee, and undermines his or her self-confidence.
但如果被视为一种婆婆妈妈的管理方式，可能会适得其反，并损伤员工的自信心。
Pressuring them to take a bite Demanding that a child eat at least one bite of everything seems reasonable, but it's likely to backfire.
要求孩子至少咬一口食物似乎是合理的，但它可能会适得其反。
Another finding hints at the idea that diet is more complex than we think by showing that low-calorie foods might backfire during weight loss.
另一项研究结果暗示，节食比我们想的复杂，因为减肥过程中食用低热量食品可能会适得其反。
Though a paired trade is simple to construct and generally safer than owning or shorting a single stock, it can still backfire drastically.
尽管配对交易易于实施且通常比持有或卖空单支股票更安全，但它仍可能会造成完全事与愿违的结果。
He thinks that although vouchers may help some students, a fullscale programme would backfire as resources moved away from inner-city schools.
他认为尽管代金券可能帮助到一些学生，然而这个包罗万象的计划却可能因教育资源从市中心学校转移而产生事与愿违的结果。
The public’s patience with quarrelling politicians is wearing thin and some members of the opposition fear that confrontational tactics may backfire.
公众对于争吵不休的政客们的耐心正不断消减，而反对派中的一些成员害怕对抗策略可能祸延己身。
Psychologist Dr Brent Scott, who led the study, said employers should take note because forcing workers to smile when dealing with the public can backfire。
该研究的领头人、心理学家布伦特•斯科特博士提醒雇主们要注意到这一点，因为让员工在应对客户时强颜欢笑结果会适得其反。
Cooler heads retort that this would backfire: Ms Sotomayor will be confirmed anyway and yet more Hispanic and female voters will desert the Republican Party.
一些头脑较为冷静的人驳斥了这种观点，称这么做只会适得其反：不管怎样，Sotomayor女士的提名获得通过已不成问题，而杯葛其提名只会使更多的西裔选民和女性选民抛弃共和党。
On the other hand, phony stagecraft, which isn't tied to truth or to an uplifting vision, will nearly always backfire, especially in today's media-savvy world.
反过来，演与真相或崇高的理想无关的假戏，几乎总会招致相反的结果——在今天这种媒体大行其道的世界尤甚。
The results of trying to scare employees to perform also typically won’t last and eventually will almost always backfire on the organization and its managers.
为了让员工履职尽责而恐吓他们，其效果通常也难以长久，最终几乎都是以公司和经理自食苦果收场。
The results of trying to scare employees to perform also typically won't last and eventually will almost always backfire on the organization and its managers.
为了让员工履职尽责而恐吓他们，其效果通常也难以长久，最终几乎都是以公司和经理自食苦果收场。
Mentally resisting the negative thought will usually backfire - you'll simply reinforce it and make it even worse. The more you fire those neurons in the same way, the stronger the pattern becomes.
从心底抗拒消极思想这样的做法经常适得其反——你只会把情况弄得更糟，消极的念头会更强烈——你越是用同样的办法去刺激那些神经元，原有的思维模式就会越稳固。
Mentally resisting the negative thought will usually backfire - you'll simply reinforce it and make it even worse. The more you fire those neurons in the same way, the stronger the pattern becomes.
从心底抗拒消极思想这样的做法经常适得其反——你只会把情况弄得更糟，消极的念头会更强烈——你越是用同样的办法去刺激那些神经元，原有的思维模式就会越稳固。
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