off the mark
off the mark — 慣用語
1. if a guess, statement, or attempt is off the mark, it is wrong or it does not pr
失準；離題
不準確或未達到預期結果
if a guess, statement, or attempt is off the mark, it is wrong or it does not produce the result that was wanted.
Tamar was way off the mark predicting the election results — her candidate came in third.
Tamar 對選舉結果的預測完全失準——她支持的候選人只得了第三名。
be + way off the mark + gerund
Hao’s first math answer was not far off the mark, but his teacher showed him the correct method.
Hao 第一次的數學答案雖不至於離題太遠，但老師還是向他展示了正確的解法。
be + not far off the mark, contrast with 'but'
Jack’s estimate of the renovation cost proved completely off the mark — the actual bill was twice as much.
Jack 對裝修費用的估算證實完全失準——實際帳單是他估算的兩倍。
prove + completely off the mark
Were Maja’s comments about the team off the mark? Her colleagues disagreed with every point.
Maja 對團隊的評論是否失準？她的同事們不同意每一點看法。
question form: 'were ... off the mark?'
- completely off the mark
- way off the mark
- not far off the mark
- far off the mark
- inaccurate
more direct and formal; can describe any type of error
- wide of the mark
a close synonym but slightly less common in everyday speech
- incorrect
focuses on factual wrongness rather than failure to achieve a goal
- on the mark
direct opposite; means accurate or exactly right
- correct
more general and lacks the idiomatic flavour
文法句型
be + off the mark
用法筆記
Commonly used with modifiers such as 'completely', 'way', 'far', or 'not far' to show the degree of inaccuracy