The set phrase"carrying faggots to put out a fire"is used to mean adopting a wrong method to save a situation and ending up by making it worse.

成语“抱薪救火”比喻用错误的方法去消灭祸害，结果反而使祸害扩大。

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So does having a clearly defined goal and a prescriptive method make it more likely that we will misunderstand the real goal and adopt the wrong method?

那么，是不是明确的目标和规范的方法反而会让我们迷失确实的目标并且采取错误的方法呢？

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Based on the implementation wrong method, the paper designs and debugs the joints'controllers by use of the control system design elements in the software ADAMS, and simulation is implemented.

此外，本文还利用ADAMS环境中的控制系统设计要素对该机器人进行了基于试行错误方法的关节控制器设计和调试，并进行了仿真。

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If the scientists used the wrong statistical method, you may do just as well believing your horoscope.

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"I think the majority now say the idea was right, but the method was wrong and it happened too quickly, " Mr. van Doesburgh says.

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While some of my forecasts were wide of the mark, my method has never put me or you on the wrong side of the market.

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