英语词汇“at cross-purposes”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	at cross-purposes
释义	at cross-purposes From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishat cross-purposesat cross-purposesUNDERSTANDif two people are at cross-purposes, they do not understand each other because they are talking about different things but fail to realize this I think we’re talking at cross-purposes. → cross-purposesExamples from the Corpusat cross-purposes• Administration officials insist the two policies are not at cross-purposes.
随便看	give somebody a fine/a sentence give somebody a free hand/rein give somebody a going-over give somebody a hard time give somebody a headache/hangover give somebody a hug give somebody a kick give somebody a leg-up give somebody a look give somebody a mouthful give somebody a piece of your mind give somebody a ring give somebody a ring give somebody a ring/bell give somebody a rollicking give somebody a shout give somebody a smack on the lips/cheek give somebody a thick ear give somebody a thick ear/get a thick ear give somebody a ticking off give somebody a tickle give somebody a tinkle give somebody a turn give somebody ammunition/provide somebody with ammunition give somebody an earful

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