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

如果你和某人的目的（at cross purposes with someone），就不存在误解了。

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

所以，营业部的目标是缩减开销。这两个部门的目标绝对是南辕北辙。

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，双方存在分歧。

A cross purpose is a counter or opposing purpose.

交叉目的是或的目的。

Working at cross purposes suggests disagreement among the workers.

目的不同表明人之间存在分歧。

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

我们在谈论不同的目的， 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、交叉目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， 以及最少的摩擦或不一致造成的浪费。