cross-purposes 在《牛津英西词典》中的词汇

词条cross-purposes在英语»西班牙语中的译文

cross-purposes [美 ˌkrɔsˈpərpəsəz, 英 ˌkrɒsˈpəːpəsɪz] 名词 npl

I think we're/they're at cross-purposes

creo que estamos/están hablando de cosas distintas

we seem to be talking at cross-purposes

esto parece un diálogo de sordos

cross-purposes 在《PONS词典》中的词汇

词条cross-purposes在英语»西班牙语中的译文

cross-purposes 名词 复数

to be talking at cross-purposes

estar hablando de cosas distintas

单语范例（未经PONS编辑处理）

英语

Everyone working at cross-purposes, with everyone having the same goal in mind.

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Devise ways and means of bringing the two closer to each other, and to ensure that they do not work at cross-purposes.

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Talk about an expensive political agenda that runs at cross-purposes to deficit reduction goals.

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You can see we are at cross-purposes with ourselves again.

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We've talked at cross-purposes for over an hour.

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People working at cross-purposes, and the subsequent efforts to correct the outcome.

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Of course, combining shoes off indoors with running literally barefoot may be working to cross-purposes, if you track in toxins on your bare feet.

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A vote of non-confidence in our leadership would work at cross-purposes to our collective goals as a university well into the future.

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That's nothing if not an ambitious undertaking, especially since the causes of novelty and nostalgia are so often at cross-purposes.

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For example, individual and team-based rewards can sometime work at cross-purposes.

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