每日一词之counterproductive复盘

1. 这是个什么词？

词：counterproductive

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

例句：Discipling children is well-meaning and necessary, but being too strict with them may be counterproductive.
场景：夫妻要相互支持和鼓励，责备过多只会适得其反。
造句: A husband and his wife should always support and encourage each other, but too much scolding 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。

3. 怎样学会使用这个词？

1）翻译下面的句子：

在努力省钱的同时靠信贷生活会适得其反。

（参考翻译：
Living on credit while trying to save money is counterproductive.
场景：夫妻要相互支持和鼓励，责备过多只会适得其反。
造句: A husband and his wife should always support and encourage each other, but too much scolding may be counterproductive.