self-defeating
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌself.dɪˈfiː.tɪŋ]
- 美式音标 [ˌself.dɪˈfiː.t̬ɪŋ]
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- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.弄巧成拙的；適得其反的
英汉例句
- Punishing the demonstrators is self-defeating because it only encourages further demonstrations.
懲治示威群衆可謂事與願違，因爲這反而會激發起更多的示威遊行。
英英字典
- used to describe something that causes or makes worse the problem it was designed to avoid or solve