at cross purposes

基本解释

Second, he suggested that the good things of modernity often operated at cross-purposes.
第二点，他认为现代化的好处在操作上常常会引发冲突。
At many technology companies, various divisions often work at cross purposes, competing with one other to develop related products.
在许多科技公司，各个分支都存在意见分歧，大家互相竞争以发展相关产品。
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.
一个可能发生的难点是你从不同的数据不同的组织部门得到不同的结论你或许发现相反的东西.

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.
FORBES: DOD Cyberspace Strategy is Too Narrow, Too Negative
Again, these two tendencies are not mutually exclusive, but policy responses to risks to and risks through can sometimes work at cross purposes.
FORBES: DOD Cyberspace Strategy is Too Narrow, Too Negative