self-defeating
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [?self.d??fi?.t??]
- 美式音標(biāo) [?self.d??fi?.t???]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- adj.弄巧成拙的；適得其反的
英漢例句
- Punishing the demonstrators is self-defeating because it only encourages further demonstrations.
懲治示威群衆(zhòng)可謂事與願違，因爲(wèi)這反而會激發(fā)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