一日一词：事与愿违COUNTERPRODUCTIVE

自现象级英语

COUNTERPRODUCTIVE

1.   英英释义：achieving the opposite result of the one that you want 

例句：Disciplining children is well-meaning and necessary, but being too strict with them may be counterproductive. 

2. 为什么选这个词？ 

“counterproductive”是形容词，从它的构词（counter + productive）可以看得出它的意思是“产生相反效果的、事与愿违的、适得其反的”。它会常常修饰政策、策略、规则、措施等词。在写解决方法类的文章时可以用到这个词。 

管教孩子本意是好的，也是必需的，但如果对孩子过分严格，不给他们任何自由和个人空间，结果可能会适得其反。这时候我们就可以说： Disciplining children is well-meaning and necessary, but being too strict with them may be counterproductive.

有的人认为帮助弱势群体最好的办法是给予直接的经济援助，但这可能并不会产生理想的效果，最好的方法应该是通过公平的制度来实现。我们就可以说： Giving money to the disadvantaged group seems to be a panacea, but in truth it can be troublingly counterproductive.

《经济学人》在一篇关于垃圾定价的文章中有这么一句： Without carbon pricing, subsidies to renewables can be counterproductive.也就是说可再生能源的补贴要想达到理想的预期，必须要有合理的碳定价才行。 

个人拓展：

释义：having an opposite effect to the one that was wanted, and therefore harmful

/counterproductive to sth/ It is counterproductive to do sth

 His uncontrollable anger is very counterproductive to his attempt at saving his marriage.

背诵：

Violence as a means to achieve a goal is counterproductive. –W.E. Brock