cross-purposes

英 [ˌkrɒs ˈpɜːpəsɪz]

美 [ˌkrɔːs ˈpɜːrpəsɪz]

n.  相反的目的（计划），有成见；话不投机

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE (谈话内容、所做之事等)互不相干，互不理解
  If people areat cross-purposes, they do not understand each other because they are working towards or talking about different things without realizing it.
  1. The two friends find themselves at cross-purposes with the officials.
     这两个朋友发现他们与官员们无法沟通。

双语例句

• The two friends find themselves at cross-purposes with the officials.
  这两个朋友发现他们与官员们无法沟通。
• These Planets can work at cross-purposes, so it's important for Gemini and Capricorn to work through their differences.
  两个星星的做事目的不同，所以重要的是让双子和魔了解到两人处理问题的不同。
• He is always at cross-purposes with others.
  他总是跟大家拧着。
• Wintergreen was a snide little punk who enjoyed working at cross-purposes.
  温特格林是个不诚实的小无赖，专喜欢制造矛盾。
• In a healthy legal system the values of order and justice are not normally at cross-purposes.
  在健全的法律制度下，秩序和正义这两个价值一般不会冲突。
• The matter put us at cross-purposes with them.
  这问题使我们跟他们产生了误会。
• We seem to be talking at cross-purposes.
  我们好像在各说各的。
• However, he warned that the high-intensity workout that requires lots of effort and concentration might be at cross-purposes.
  不过，他提醒，这种需要下苦功和保持专注力的高强度训练，可能会引发相左的意见。
• They must prevent governments 'policies from acting at cross-purposes, of which exchange-rate policies are a good current example.
  他们必须防止政府的政策彼此相左&当前一个很好的例子就是外汇政策。
• We were talking at cross-purposes: I wanted to know the company's plansfor next year, and he thought I wanted to change those plans.
  我们彼此误解了。我想了解该公司明年的计划，而他认为我要改变那些计划。