at cross purposes

基本解釋

Second, he suggested that the good things of modernity often operated at cross-purposes.
第二點，他認爲現(xiàn)代化的好処在操作上常常會引發(fā)沖突。
At many technology companies, various divisions often work at cross purposes, competing with one other to develop related products.
在許多科技公司，各個分支都存在意見分歧，大家互相競爭以發(fā)展相關産品。
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.
一個可能發(fā)生的難點是你從不同的數(shù)據(jù) 不同的組織部門得到不同的結(jié)論你或許發(fā)現(xiàn)相反的東西.

In other words, he's, like, talking at cross purposes to the budget he actually submitted.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing
While certainly complementary, the two understandings can also work at cross purposes.
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Again, these two tendencies are not mutually exclusive, but policy responses to risks to and risks through can sometimes work at cross purposes.
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