When the direct approach failed he tried the inverse.

当直接方法失败时，他尝试相反的做法。

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Needless to say, this approach failed as dismally as had the first two, and the child ended up running into the bedroom, where he screamed, with the door closed.

不用说，这种方法就像前面两种方法一样令人沮丧。小孩最终跑进卧室，把门关上，哭闹不已。

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Every approach in the textbooks of alien psychology had failed.

外星人心理学教科书里的每一种方法都以失败告终。

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He says America's land-for-peace formula has failed and it is time for a new approach.

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At most companies, only after this approach has failed, will the hard work of building a new kind of IT begin.

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's approach to modifying loans of failed IndyMac Bank and used that as the model for this broader program.

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The financial crisis has demonstrated beyond any question that our current approach to consumer financial protection has failed.

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