off the mark

基本解释

Predictions early in 2005 that the year would be the warmest on record turned out to be off the mark.
2005年早些时候曾有人预计，去年将是有观测记录以来地球历史上最暖的一个年头。
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.
克林顿在刚开始的时候反应缓慢，在当选后的六个星期里，他都沉浸在闲扯中而没有任命任何一个资深的职位。
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.
认识这么多年，我一直钦佩格老，认为他是最了不起的美联储董事会主席，尽管如此，我还是要说，他对布什的论断有失水准。

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.
他们先慢腾腾的应付着,直到诉讼结束时才真正做出改变
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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.
这将很好的帮助我们理解,将以色列与其他国家区分开的那些法律，周四我们将讲到这个内容。
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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.
然而以色列通过观察那些使之与众不同的,使之神圣的规则，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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