English Dictionary

off the mark

前置詞句

比喩的用法

(figuratively) Inaccurate; not correct or appropriate. / Making a start (generally in comparison to others).

日本語の意味

（比喩的に）的を射ていない、正しくない、適切でない / 始動する、スタートを切る（特に他と比較して）

Her prediction about the economy was off the mark, surprising everyone who had trusted her analysis.

彼女の景気予測は的外れで、彼女の分析を信頼していた人々を驚かせた。

意味（1）

(figuratively) Inaccurate; not correct or appropriate.

His answers are consistently off the mark. None of them quite make sense.

意味（2）

Making a start (generally in comparison to others).

Sarafov was the first off the mark, but the other divisions did not jump off until an hour later and achieved nothing.