He thought he was just adding value to their ideas with his own. But every time he jumped on one of their ideas, he was having exactly the opposite effect.

他以为他在用自己的聪明才智给下属的想法锦上添花，然而每次他对下属的主意横加斥责时，都造成了截然相反的效果。

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This renaming action is just the opposite of what is described above for adding a mapping.

改名操作正好和上面描述的添加映射相反。

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Although many administrators counsel parents not to worry about modest changes in class sizes, teachers often say the opposite - adding to the dissonance around the issue.

虽然许多管理人员劝家长们不用担心课堂规模的适度调整，老师们的意见通常相反——使这件事情更加难办。

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Being strategic is the opposite of adding value?

FORBES: Being Strategic = ?

Quite the opposite--professional leagues keep adding new teams, and attendance has grown.

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When the opposite happened, those investors scrambled to change their positions, bond strategists said, adding to the market's unusual volatility.

WSJ: Japanese Markets Awaken With Wild Swings