cross purposes

n. 相反的目的

例句与用法：

The priest made a cross over her head.

牧师在她头上画了一个十字。

A highway interchange at which two highways, one crossing over the other, have a series of entrance and exit ramps resembling the outline of a four-leaf clover and enabling vehicles to proceed in either direction on either highway.

苜蓿叶式立体交叉的公路两条高速公路的立体交叉道，一条穿过另一条，有一系列入口和出口坡道，与四叶苜蓿的外形相似，车辆在两条高速公路上均可驶入任一的两个方向

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目的相反; 相互误解

The two students found themselves at cross purposes with the teacher.

两位学生发觉自己与老师之间有种误解。

cross purposes

n. 相反的目的

例句与用法：

The priest made a cross over her head.

牧师在她头上画了一个十字。

A highway interchange at which two highways, one crossing over the other, have a series of entrance and exit ramps resembling the outline of a four-leaf clover and enabling vehicles to proceed in either direction on either highway.

苜蓿叶式立体交叉的公路两条高速公路的立体交叉道，一条穿过另一条，有一系列入口和出口坡道，与四叶苜蓿的外形相似，车辆在两条高速公路上均可驶入任一的两个方向

ph.

目的相反; 相互误解

The two students found themselves at cross purposes with the teacher.

两位学生发觉自己与老师之间有种误解。

cross purposes
1.翻译：观点分歧;志趣相异;误解 [亦作 be at cross purposes]
2.翻译：一种滑稽问答游戏

cross purposes

名词 cross purpose:

a contrary aim

同义词：cross-purpose