wide of the mark

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈwaɪd əv ðə ˈmɑːk/    美 /ˈwaɪd əv ðə ˈmɑɹk/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of a projectile: missing the target.
    — Each had a gun, and the three had been shooting at a number of rabbits. Only Werner had been successful, the others shooting wide of the mark.
  2. (Very) inaccurate. idiomatic
    — Well, I suppose you could say the weatherman was wide of the mark again then!

词汇关系

近义词
off the mark off base
反义词
on the mark
相关词
by a long shot miss the mark

词源

From archery and sports jargon. Sometimes corrupted to wide(ly) off the mark (as in far off the mark, way off base).
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