投资者对管理层的攻击是否只会适得其反是值得怀疑的，但在这种情况下，这显然是不合理的。

It is doubtful whether an investor's sniping at management can ever be anything other than counterproductive, but in this case it is clearly not justified.

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达西先生：那只会适得其反。

Mr. Darcy: That would defeat the object.

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想要找到女朋友是很正常的，但过早表露这种想法只会适得其反。

Wanting to get a girlfriend is fine, but expressing this early on will only backfire.

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And they end this paper with the following quote: "It may be that trying to be happier is as futile as trying to be taller " and is therefore counterproductive."

论文用以下这句话作结尾：,“想变得更快乐,和想变高一样徒劳,只会适得其反“

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