People want to do better, but they end up doing worse.

人们想要做得更好，结果他们做得更坏。

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That means some buyers of CDSs, who were betting on default, may paradoxically end up worse off.

这意味着某些押宝在信用违约互换违约的买家将最终承受更多损失。

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You can compromise your job, ruin your business, endanger your relationships, etc and end up worse off than you intended, because of uncontrolled anger.

难以受控的愤怒可以使你放弃自己的工作，毁掉自己的生意，危及人际关系等，甚至比你想象的更糟糕的形式。

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The scientist also considered the possibility that drought could be much worse by the end of the century.

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Sometimes there's a couple of percent that end up worse than that.

有时只有少数人低于那个的。

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Jointly, they end up worse off, because their higher prices suppress demand too much.

ECONOMIST: Divide and rule

Consumers end up worse off, too, buying less of both products and paying more for the privilege.

ECONOMIST: Divide and rule

Yet even if firms can discriminate successfully, and so boost initial profits, they could still end up worse off if rivals retaliate.

ECONOMIST: Indiscriminate pricing