反倒

Sometimes taking the indirect path saves time.

有时不走直道可以节省时间。

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

她对这一指控的矢口否,更使人相信这一指控真的。

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

这真害人不成害—她想让他出丑，结受了奚落。