我们一直带着相反的目的交谈。

We had been talking at cross purposes.

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吉姆·盖伊·塔克是副州长，很可能是有史以来最有能力的副州长，那是多年来头一次，我们俩为着共同的目标一起奋斗，而不是相反的目的。

Jim Guy Tucker was lieutenant governor, probably the ablest person ever to hold the job, and we were working together, rather than at cross-purposes, for the first time in years.

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许多原因证明这种观点与批判性社会研究的目的截然相反。

This view is contrary to the aims of critical social research for a number of reasons.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Religion had to bring a softening effect upon against the violent and bestial character of the early Romans. But for us today, Machiavelli writes, religion has to serve the opposite purpose.

宗教必须带来一种缓和效应，用以针对,早期罗马人的野蛮残忍的性格,但是对于今天的我们来说，马基雅维利写道，宗教不得不为相反的目的服务。

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