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cross-purpose

N จุดประสงค์ ที่ แย้ง กัน  จุดประสงค์ ที่ ไม่ ตรงกัน  jud-pra-song-ti-yaeng-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CROSS-PURPOSE

n.A contrary purpose; contradictory system; also, a conversation in which one person does or pretends to misunderstand anothers meaning. An enigma; a riddle.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CROSS-PURPOSE

CROSS-PURPOSE Cross "-pur `pose (-pr `ps ), n.

 

1. A counter or opposing purpose; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory. Shaftesbury.

 

2. pl.

 

Defn: A conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas. Pepys. To be at cross-purposes, to misunderstand or to act counter to one another without intending it; -- said of persons.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

cross-purpose

cr ò ss-p ú rpose 名詞 C 食い違った目的 [意図 ]▸ at cross-purposes with A Aと互いに誤解して ; 話が食い違って