at cross purposes meaning in English
互相误解
南辕北辙
Examples
- Albert's opinion is always at cross purposes with jim's .
艾尔伯特的意见总是和吉姆的相反。 - The problem puts us at cross purposes with them
这个问题使我们与他们之间产生了矛盾。 - Rhett : it seems we ' re been at cross purposes , doesn ' t it
瑞德：看起来我们相互有误解，是吗？ - Rhett butler : it seems we ' ve been at cross purposes , doesn ' t it
巴特勒：好像我们相互误解，不是吗？ - We were both in favour of the plan but he thought that i wasn ' t ; as a result , we were talking at cross purposes
我们都赞成这个计划，但他却认为我不赞成；结果我们双方都错误地理解了对方的意思。