off the mark

基本解釋

Predictions early in 2005 that the year would be the warmest on record turned out to be off the mark.
2005年早些時候曾有人預計，去年將是有觀測記錄以來地球歷史上最暖的一個年頭。
He was slow off the mark, failing to make a single senior appointment for six weeks after he was elected and indulging instead in endless waffle.
克林頓在剛開始的時候反應緩慢，在當選后的六個星期里，他都沉浸在閑扯中而沒有任命任何一個資深的職位。
I've known and admired Alan for years, and I believe he was a great chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. But I think his assessment is off the mark.
認識這么多年，我一直欽佩格老，認為他是最了不起的美聯(lián)儲董事會主席，盡管如此，我還是要說，他對布什的論斷有失水準。

They were pretty slow off the mark to do something about this, and it was after lawsuits were filed that they actually made the change.
他們先慢騰騰的應付著,直到訴訟結束時才真正做出改變
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That's going to lead us very nicely into an understanding of the laws that mark off Israel's status and keep Israel distinct among the nations, which we'll be looking at on Wednesday.
這將很好的幫助我們理解,將以色列與其他國家區(qū)分開的那些法律，周四我們將講到這個內(nèi)容。
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But Israel is the one to affirm its holiness by observing the rules that make it different, that mark it off as holy.
然而以色列通過觀察那些使之與眾不同的,使之神圣的規(guī)則，肯定了它的神圣性。
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First, finger pointing between left and right is off the mark in this case.
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