| 词汇 | cross-purposes |
| 释义 | cross purposes adverb uk /ˌkrɒs ˈpɜː.pə.sɪz/ us /ˌkrɑːs ˈpɝː.pə.sɪz/ at cross purposes If two or more people are at cross purposes, they do not understand each other because they are talking about different subjects without realizing this: （两人因未意识到彼此谈论的事物不同而）相互误解，相互矛盾，各说各的 I think we've been talking at cross purposes - I meant next year, not this year.我想我们谈论的是两码事——我指的是明年，不是今年。 Misunderstanding disconnection don't get me wrongidiom get the wrong end of the stickidiom get your wires crossedidiom labour labour under the delusion, illusion, misapprehension, etc.idiom misconceived misconception misconstruction misconstrue misguided misread miss miss the pointidiom mistaken misunderstand misunderstanding non-comprehension underestimate wire cross-purposes | American Dictionarycross-purposes plural noun us/ˈkrɔˈspɜr·pə·səz/ at cross-purposes If two people or groups are at cross-purposes they do not understand each other because they have different intentions: They're talking at cross-purposes without realizing it. Examples of cross purposescross purposes I will show that explicitly recognizing these different levels, and not confusing them, minimizes the risk of talking at crosspurposes. Neither claim is supportable and, taken together, they stand at crosspurposes. The current arrangement of incentives works at crosspurposes to the social good. Such a collision might introduce new incentives for a president's actions that would put the presidential regime role at crosspurposes to the incumbent's political interests. Obviously, they have got very much at crosspurposes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems to me that we are a little at crosspurposes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, we may be talking at crosspurposes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All too often they seem to have been at crosspurposes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not sure if we are at crosspurposes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not, however, desire to get at crosspurposes with you on this matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am afraid we are at crosspurposes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have a strong suspicion that we have in this brief debate been talking rather at crosspurposes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that we are talking at crosspurposes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The answer is that all those different funders have been acting in isolation, and sometimes even at crosspurposes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sorry, we are at crosspurposes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of cross purposes These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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