in AM, also use 美国英语亦用 crosscurrent
- N-COUNT (穿过其他水流的)交叉水流,逆流
A cross-current is a current in a river or sea that flows across another current.
- Cross-currents can sweep the strongest swimmer helplessly away.
即使最强壮的游泳者也会无助地被交叉水流冲走。
- N-COUNT 不同的观点(或传统)
You can refer to conflicting ideas or traditions as cross-currents .
- ...the cross-currents within the Conservative Party.
保守党内观点迥异