单词 | at cross-purposes |
释义 | at cross-purposes : in a way that causes confusion or failure because people are working or talking with different goals or purposes(因目标或目的不同而)相互误解 We'll never succeed together if we continue to work at cross-purposes (with each other).如果我们继续各行其是,我们在一起就永远也不会成功。 It became clear that they were talking at cross-purposes.显然他们是说到两下里去了。 cross-purposes |
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