Beyond a certain level, extra effort seems to be self-defeating.

超过一定水平后，额外的努力似乎成拙。

But companies themselves are prone to bend reality out of shape in ways that are self-defeating.

但企业本身往往扭曲现实并成拙。

But to extend an arm's-length approach to ordinary research would be self-defeating.

但是，将保持距离的方法延伸到普通的研究将成拙。

Right. I mean, today our whole goal was to impress you. We made fools of ourselves.

对啊，比如今天本来的目标是要给你留下好印象，结果成拙。

Even well-meaning attempts to sugarcoat the truth are self-defeating, because they spread mistrust, rumours and, ultimately, fear.

即便是善意粉饰真相的企图也成拙，因为粉饰传播不信任、谣言，最终是惧。

And it can even be self defeating.

它甚至可能成拙。

It's easy to make things worse.

很容易成拙。

Now, sometimes we get stuck in a cynical and self-defeating narrative.

现在，有时陷入愤世嫉俗和成拙的叙述中。

Many economists believe this is a silly and ultimately self-defeating policy.

许多经济学家认为这是一项愚蠢且最终成拙的政策。

The important thing to remember is that jumping the gun is usually self-defeating.

重要的是要记住，操之过急通常成拙。

Former President Obama criticized the decision as " cruel" and " self-defeating."

前总统奥巴马批评这一决定是“残忍的”和“成拙的”。

Or we could take the threat seriously enough that it becomes a self-defeating prophecy.

或可以认真对待这个威胁，以至于它变成一个成拙的预言。

He is also worried that those studio execs don't even realize that they are being self-defeating.

他还担心那些工作室高管甚至没有意识到他正在成拙。

Many shortcuts are self-defeating; they waste the reader's time instead of conserving it.

很多捷径都是成拙的；他浪费了读的时间而不是节省了时间。

That seems especially puzzling and self-defeating, since a microbe that kills its host kills itself.

这似乎特别令人费解和成拙，因为杀死宿主的微生物也杀死自己。

You know I do try to do everything right, and sometimes I just get it wrong.

你也知道尽量让一切都运转正常，但有时候却成拙。

But desperate efforts to induce creativity can be self-defeating, in the same way that telling yourself that you must get to sleep is bound to keep you awake.

但是，不顾一切地激发创造力的努力可能成拙，就像告诉自己必须睡觉一定让你保持清醒一样。

She has a comic verve that recalls Julie Hagerty and Leslie Mann, yet her tired eyes suggest something more, a woman whose sensitivity and intelligence can be self-defeating.

她的喜剧神韵让人想起朱莉·哈格蒂和莱斯利·曼，但她疲惫的眼睛却暗示着更多的东西，一个敏感和聪明的女人可能成拙。

In her book " The Long Win" , Cath Bishop, a former Olympian turned consultant, describes how a rigid focus on winning can be self-defeating whether you are in a singlet or a suit.

前奥运选手、现在从事咨询的凯思·毕晓普在她的书《漫长的胜利》中描述了，无论是穿着运动衫还是西装，过于执着地关注胜利可能成拙。