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总统的策略可能会事与愿违。 The president's tactics could backfire. | ||
但是这也有可能事与愿违。 But this also can backfire. | ||
事与愿违，是谁狠心伤害了谁？ Counterproductive, who is cruel to hurt someone? | ||
她虽然处处出于善意，却往往事与愿违。 She's full of good intentions but they rarely work out. | ||
他们企图在排球赛前先声夺人，结果事与愿违。 They tried to overawe others by displaying their strength before the volleyball match but finally they failed. | ||
有时事与愿违，你可以像疯狗一样咆哮。 You can be mad as a mad dog at the way things wents. | ||
分析：事必躬亲，是对员工智慧的扼杀，往往事与愿违。 Analysis: the hands-on, is on the wisdom of employees killed, often backfire. | ||
否则，它可能事与愿违，明明需要的是一本书，但最后买到的却是一张飞机票。 Otherwise, it might end up buying an airline ticket when it wanted a book. | ||
共和党自大的战略家夸下海口“共和党是国会的永久多数”，这下差不多要事与愿违了。 For a party whose cockier strategists have boasted of a "permanent Republican majority", this is quite a come-down. | ||
