| 释义 |
off target, off-target, adv. (phr.) and a.
[f. off prep., off- 4 b + target n.1]
So as to fail to reach a target; that misses a target (freq. fig.).
1959J. L. Austin Sense & Sensibilia (1962) ix. 89 The second example is ineffective, off-target, in a rather similar way. 1960V. Jenkins Lions Down Under 112 His kicking, for once, was off-target. 1967N.Y. Herald Tribune Internat. 11–12 Feb. 10/6 The ‘Daily Mail’ carried Philip's entire speech with the headline ‘Never Before a Royal Speech as Outspoken as This’ and said in an editorial it thought he was way off target. 1977R. E. Harrington Quintain vi. 54 Though it was off-target, and glancing, the blow rocked him back. |