中英互译
at cross purposes
基本释义
- 意图、目标或行动相互矛盾或相互冲突,通常是无意中产生的
双语例句
- I think we're talking at cross purposes; that's not what I meant at all.我想我们是说到两下里去了,我根本不是那个意思。来自《牛津词典》
- KM: One of the difficulties that might occur here is you get different conclusions from different data, different parts of the organization, where you might run at cross purposes.一个可能发生的难点是你从不同的数据 不同的组织部门得到不同的结论 你或许发现相反的东西.
- The two friends find themselves at cross-purposes with the officials.这两个朋友发现他们与这些官员无法互相理解。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
网络短语
- at cross-purposes互相误解;南辕北辙;相互矛盾;相互误解
- be at cross-purposes互相误解
- be at cross purposes矛盾的