Now, there is no case of mistaken information if you are at cross purposes with someone.

如果你和某人的目的相反（at cross purposes with someone），那就不在误解了。

So, their goal is to cut them. These two departments are definitely working at cross purposes.

所以，营业部的目是缩减开销。这两个部门的目是南辕北辙。

NPR's Corey Flintoff reports from Moscow that the two sides may be talking at cross purposes.

据NPR新闻的瑞·弗林夫将从莫斯带来的报道，在分歧。

A cross purpose is a counter or opposing purpose.

交叉目的是相反或相反的目的。

Working at cross purposes suggests disagreement among the workers.

工作目的不同表明工人之间在分歧。

So, you know, these two goals are at cross purposes with one another.

因此，这两个目彼此之间是相互矛盾的。

We're talking at cross purposes, aren't we?

我们在谈论不同的目的， 不是吗？

But the streets of the 21st century are a great case study dealing with transience, cross purposes and disarray.

但 21 世纪的街道是处理瞬变、交叉目的和混乱的一个很好的案例研究。

And so it works at cross purposes with like all of these principles and ideas that you're talking about.

因此，它与您所讨论的所有这些原则和理念背道而驰。