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单词 cross purposes
释义
cross purposes
adverb
uk
/ˌkrɒs ˈpɜː.pə.sɪz/us
/ˌkrɑːs ˈpɝː.pə.sɪz/
at cross purposes
If two or morepeopleare atcrosspurposes, they do notunderstandeach other because they aretalkingabout differentsubjectswithoutrealizingthis:
（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
Ithinkwe've beentalkingatcrosspurposes- Imeantnextyear, not thisyear.我想我们谈论的是两码事——我指的是明年，不是今年。
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  • disconnection
  • don't get me wrongidiom
  • forest
  • get the wrong end of the stickidiom
  • getyourwires crossedidiom
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  • labour under the delusion, illusion, misapprehension, etc.idiom
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  • misconception
  • misconstruction
  • misconstrue
  • misguided
  • miss the pointidiom
  • mistaken
  • misunderstand
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  • non-comprehension
  • not see the forest for the treesidiom
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(Definition ofcross purposesfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

cross-purposes| American Dictionary

cross-purposes
plural noun
us
/ˈkrɔˈspɜr·pə·səz/
at cross-purposes
If twopeopleorgroupsare at cross-purposes they do notunderstandeach other because they have differentintentions:
They'retalkingat cross-purposes withoutrealizingit.
(Definition ofcross-purposesfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcross purposes

cross purposes
I will show that explicitly recognizing these different levels, and not confusing them, minimizes the risk of talking atcrosspurposes.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Neither claim is supportable and, taken together, they stand atcrosspurposes.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The current arrangement of incentives works atcrosspurposesto the social good.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Such a collision might introduce new incentives for a president's actions that would put the presidential regime role atcrosspurposesto the incumbent's political interests.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Obviously, they have got very much atcrosspurposes.
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It seems to me that we are a little atcrosspurposes.
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However, we may be talking atcrosspurposes.
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All too often they seem to have been atcrosspurposes.
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I am not sure if we are atcrosspurposes.
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I do not, however, desire to get atcrosspurposeswith you on this matter.
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I am afraid we are atcrosspurposes.
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I have a strong suspicion that we have in this brief debate been talking rather atcrosspurposes.
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I believe that we are talking atcrosspurposes.
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The answer is that all those different funders have been acting in isolation, and sometimes even atcrosspurposes.
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I am sorry, we are atcrosspurposes.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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