英语词汇“beside the mark”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. figurative. beside (also †besides) the mark, far from the mark, wide of (also †from) the mark: failing to attain a goal or objective; not to the point, irrelevant; mistaken; inaccurate.to hit the mark: see hit v. 21a. to miss the mark: see miss v.¹ 2b.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [phrase] > irrelevant

of purpose (also (out) of (a) (set) purpose)a1382

wide of (also from) the mark1536

neither off nor on1549

from the purpose1561

from (also out of) the bias1600

from the matter1658

(off) at, in, upon a tangent1825

1536 J. Gwynneth Confutacyon Fyrst Parte Frythes Boke xi. sig. d.iii^v All though they were bothe, of an equall euyll, yet so myche thou arte wyde of the marke, that he is farre, the worst of them bothe.

1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. v. 39 Both the one and other were besides the marke.

1666 S. Pepys Diary 23 Sept. (1972) VII. 294 It cannot I believe be far wide from the mark.

1672 W. Walker Paroemiologia Anglo-Lat. 29 You are quite out of the way; wide of the mark; clearly mistaken;..Tota erras via.

1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. 80 Beside denotes erring, or Wandring (‘as he shoots beside the mark’).

1765 D. Garrick Let. 3 Mar. (1963) II. 446 I dread a Stroler, they contract such insufferable Affectation that they disgust me—I never could account for the Country Actors being so very wide of y^e mark.

1782 W. Cowper Mutual Forbearance in Poems 9 Sir Humphrey, shooting in the dark, Makes answer quite beside the mark.

1836 G. S. Faber Primitive Doctr. Election ii. vi. 330 Most wide, then, from the mark..is the modern Calvinist.

1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation i. iii. 98 It may be..very wide of the mark when applied to the case of out-of-door labourers.

1883 Manch. Guardian 22 Oct. 5/3 Really this question is beside the mark.

1934 Discovery Mar. 79/2 All comparisons between individual moderns and individual Greeks or Cro-Magnons, are beside the mark in a discussion of the meaning of human progess as a whole.

1967 Guardian 11 July 6/5 The idea that the Israelis are anxious to..dictate a Carthaginian peace is ludicrously wide of the mark.

1986 L. Garfield December Rose xviii. 122 I'd sooner see a man in his true colours..and maybe wolf ain't so far from the mark.

2005 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 30 Jan. 42/1 The common belief that gladiatorial combat always involved a fight to the death is very wide of the mark.

单词	beside the mark
释义	> as lemmas beside (also †besides) the mark b. figurative. beside (also †besides) the mark, far from the mark, wide of (also †from) the mark: failing to attain a goal or objective; not to the point, irrelevant; mistaken; inaccurate.to hit the mark: see hit v. 21a. to miss the mark: see miss v.¹ 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [phrase] > irrelevant of purpose (also (out) of (a) (set) purpose)a1382 wide of (also from) the mark1536 neither off nor on1549 from the purpose1561 from (also out of) the bias1600 from the matter1658 (off) at, in, upon a tangent1825 1536 J. Gwynneth Confutacyon Fyrst Parte Frythes Boke xi. sig. d.iii^v All though they were bothe, of an equall euyll, yet so myche thou arte wyde of the marke, that he is farre, the worst of them bothe. 1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. v. 39 Both the one and other were besides the marke. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 23 Sept. (1972) VII. 294 It cannot I believe be far wide from the mark. 1672 W. Walker Paroemiologia Anglo-Lat. 29 You are quite out of the way; wide of the mark; clearly mistaken;..Tota erras via. 1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. 80 Beside denotes erring, or Wandring (‘as he shoots beside the mark’). 1765 D. Garrick Let. 3 Mar. (1963) II. 446 I dread a Stroler, they contract such insufferable Affectation that they disgust me—I never could account for the Country Actors being so very wide of y^e mark. 1782 W. Cowper Mutual Forbearance in Poems 9 Sir Humphrey, shooting in the dark, Makes answer quite beside the mark. 1836 G. S. Faber Primitive Doctr. Election ii. vi. 330 Most wide, then, from the mark..is the modern Calvinist. 1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation i. iii. 98 It may be..very wide of the mark when applied to the case of out-of-door labourers. 1883 Manch. Guardian 22 Oct. 5/3 Really this question is beside the mark. 1934 Discovery Mar. 79/2 All comparisons between individual moderns and individual Greeks or Cro-Magnons, are beside the mark in a discussion of the meaning of human progess as a whole. 1967 Guardian 11 July 6/5 The idea that the Israelis are anxious to..dictate a Carthaginian peace is ludicrously wide of the mark. 1986 L. Garfield December Rose xviii. 122 I'd sooner see a man in his true colours..and maybe wolf ain't so far from the mark. 2005 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 30 Jan. 42/1 The common belief that gladiatorial combat always involved a fight to the death is very wide of the mark. extracted from markn.¹ < as lemmas
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