1·I think we're talking at cross purposes; that's not what I meant at all.
我想我们是说到两下里去了，我根本不是那个意思。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·We had been talking at cross purposes.
我们一直带着相反的目的交谈。
3·Tom's parents acted at cross purposes in advising him.
汤姆的父母给他的建议是截然不同的。
4·Rhett Butler: It seems we%27ve been at cross purposes, doesn%27t it?
巴特勒：好像我们相互误解，不是吗？
5·It seems we've been at cross purposes, doesn't it? But it's no use now.
看来似乎我们都走在叉路上了，但是现在没有用了。
6·Rhett Butler: It seems we"ve been at cross purposes, doesn"t it· But it"s no use now.
巴特勒：好像我们相互误解，不是吗？ 但现在没用了。
7·Rhett Butler: It seems we've been at cross purposes, doesn't it· But it's no use now.
巴特勒：好像我们相互误解，不是吗？但现在没用了。
8·They have always been rivals, often acting at cross purposes and usually at sword's point.
他们一直是对手，经常为了不同的目的剑拔弩张。
9·Acreage controls and input subsidies work at cross purposes, each increases the cost of the other.
耕种面积控制和投入补贴的作用背道而驰，每一方的作用都增加了对方的代价。
10·KM: One of the difficulties that might occur here is you get different conclusions from different data, different parts of the organization, where you might run at cross purposes.
一个可能发生的难点是你从不同的数据 不同的组织部门得到不同的结论 你或许发现相反的东西.