Her denials of this charge served merely to lend it credence.

对这一指控的矢口否认,反倒更使人相信这一指控真的。

Sometimes taking the indirect path saves time.

有时不走直道反倒可以节省时间。

It was a case of the biter bit— she’d tried to make him look foolish and ended up being ridiculed herself.

这真害人不成反害己—想让他出丑，结果己反倒受了奚落。