Now, there is no case of mistaken information if you are at cross purposes with someone.

如果你和某人的的相反（at cross purposes with someone），那就不误解了。

So, their goal is to cut them. These two departments are definitely working at cross purposes.

所以，营业部的是缩减开销。这两个部门的对是南辕北辙。

NPR's Corey Flintoff reports from Moscow that the two sides may be talking at cross purposes.

据NPR新闻的瑞·弗林夫将从莫斯带来的报道，双分歧。

A cross purpose is a counter or opposing purpose.

交叉的是相反或相反的的。

Working at cross purposes suggests disagreement among the workers.

工作的不同表明工人之间分歧。

We're talking at cross purposes, aren't we?

我们谈论不同的的， 不是吗？

But the streets of the 21st century are a great case study dealing with transience, cross purposes and disarray.

但 21 世纪的街道是处理瞬变、交叉的和混乱的一个很好的案例研究。

Then there is the greatest harmony of action, and the least waste by friction or working at cross purposes.

然后就会有最大的行动和谐， 以及最少的摩擦或工作不一致造成的浪费。