单词self-defeating
adj.: 事与愿违的；适得其反的；弄巧成拙的
网络: 自我挫败；自我挫败的；自暴自弃的
事与愿违的；适得其反的；弄巧成拙的:
causing more problems and difficulties instead of solving them; not achieving what you wanted to achieve but having an opposite effect
自取灭亡的
作茧自缚
弄巧成拙的;自我拆台的,使自己失败的
The chancellor"s main argument against fiscal stimulus was that it would raise interest rates and thus be self defeating.
奥斯本反对财政刺激的主要理由是，它会推高利率，因此会起到反效果。
Resisting change or trying to control the change out of life is self-defeating.
无论是抗拒变化还是试图控制我们无能为力的东西都是自寻烦恼。
Accordingly, saving is self-defeating, as a loss in income will disallow individuals to save over the long-run.
因此，储蓄是自我挫败的，因为它给收入造成的损失将阻止人们进行长期储蓄。
while this seems reasonable, a little thought shows that this approach is self-defeating.
虽然这方法看似可行，但如果想深一步，就会发现这方法其实自我矛盾。
There"s much about this genrefication that I find confusing --- and, frankly, a little self-defeating for writers.
关于流派划分的问题，我觉得有很多令人困惑之处，还有，老实说，对于作者来说有些画地为牢的感觉。
Do not prepared to change without objects and divergent, and thus self-defeating.
千万不要毫无对象和准备地求变求异，从而弄巧成拙。
Transaction taxes are neither as self-defeating as some opponents claim nor as straightforward to put in place as proponents think.
交易税既不像一些反对者所说的那样，是搬起石头砸自己的脚，也不像支持者预想的那样能够直接开征。
For now, however, much of China"s recent bluster turned out to be self-defeating.
不管怎样，到目前为止，中国发出的大多数恫吓结果都是固地自封、弄巧成拙。
Of course, it is possible to misbehave on Facebook--it"s just self-defeating.
当然，也有可能出现一些事和谐的现象，但这只会事与愿违。
It is therefore the teacher"s task to help students to break out of self-defeating cycles.
因此，教师的任务就是要帮助学生摆脱自我挫败的怪圈。