cross-purposes en el Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Traducciones de cross-purposes en el diccionario inglés»español

cross-purposes [ingl. am. ˌkrɔsˈpərpəsəz, ingl. brit. ˌkrɒsˈpəːpəsɪz] SUST. sust. pl.

I think we're/they're at cross-purposes

creo que estamos/están hablando de cosas distintas

we seem to be talking at cross-purposes

esto parece un diálogo de sordos

cross-purposes en el diccionario PONS

Traducciones de cross-purposes en el diccionario inglés»español

cross-purposes SUST. pl.

to be talking at cross-purposes

estar hablando de cosas distintas

Ejemplos monolingües (no verificados por la redacción de PONS)

inglés

Everyone working at cross-purposes, with everyone having the same goal in mind.

www.denofgeek.com

Devise ways and means of bringing the two closer to each other, and to ensure that they do not work at cross-purposes.

www.deccanherald.com

Talk about an expensive political agenda that runs at cross-purposes to deficit reduction goals.

www.thestar.com

You can see we are at cross-purposes with ourselves again.

www.catholicworldreport.com

We've talked at cross-purposes for over an hour.

www.itworld.com

People working at cross-purposes, and the subsequent efforts to correct the outcome.

www.theglobeandmail.com

Of course, combining shoes off indoors with running literally barefoot may be working to cross-purposes, if you track in toxins on your bare feet.

www.wired.com

A vote of non-confidence in our leadership would work at cross-purposes to our collective goals as a university well into the future.

www.lfpress.com

That's nothing if not an ambitious undertaking, especially since the causes of novelty and nostalgia are so often at cross-purposes.

www.latimes.com

For example, individual and team-based rewards can sometime work at cross-purposes.

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