| 单词 | to be at cross-purposes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be at cross-purposes 3. to be at cross-purposes: (of persons) to have plans intended for the same end, but which cross and interfere with each other; to act counter from a misconception by each of the other's purpose. (Perhaps derived from the game.) ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > misunderstand [phrase] to take amissa1425 to walk wide in words1529 to have (also take, catch) the wrong pig by the ear (also tail)1536 to be out of the story1649 to be at cross-purposes1688 I beg your pardon1806 to lose track of1894 to get (someone) wrong1927 to speak past ——1952 to lose the thread1956 the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (intransitive)] > be at cross-purposes to be at cross-purposes1688 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (intransitive)] > mutually (of things) > (of persons) from misconception of purposes to be at cross-purposes1688 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. at Cross Cross Purposes, contradictions. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xvi. 114 No man, whose understanding is not at cross-purposes with itself. 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. ix. 212 Such persons..are constantly at cross-purposes with themselves and others. 1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. (ed. 3) vi. 59 Like some married people, they have been at cross purposes when they should have been at one. < as lemmas |
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