英语词汇“short of 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

d. figurative. short of the mark: failing to reach a goal or objective (esp. by a small margin); inadequate; insufficient.

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1641 J. Symonds Serm. Westminster sig. Biiij^v An arrow weakly shot, will fall short of the mark.]

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 45 They [sc. the Means] were both levelled wide, and fell all short of the Mark.

1702 Eng. Theophrastus 303 The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is not coming short of the mark but overshooting it.

1740 C. Pitt tr. Virgil Æneid II. xii. 620 Short of the Mark, and guiltless of a Wound, Th'unwieldy Mass came thund'ring to the Ground.

1825 W. Scott Jrnl. 3 Dec. (1939) 28 He was very near being a poet—but a miss is as good as a mile, and he always fell short of the mark.

1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Good for Nothing I. 146 Gilbert's efforts to amuse her often fell short of the mark.

1908 Polit. Sci. Q. 23 112 Mr. Fisher's work..does not fall short of the mark set by those many able men who have preceded him.

1998 S. Lawrence Montenegro 67 When required to dress for an unfamiliar occasion, Lydia Wadham worried that her best might fall somewhere short of the mark.

单词	short of the mark
释义	> as lemmas short of the mark d. figurative. short of the mark: failing to reach a goal or objective (esp. by a small margin); inadequate; insufficient. ΚΠ 1641 J. Symonds Serm. Westminster sig. Biiij^v An arrow weakly shot, will fall short of the mark.] 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 45 They [sc. the Means] were both levelled wide, and fell all short of the Mark. 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 303 The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is not coming short of the mark but overshooting it. 1740 C. Pitt tr. Virgil Æneid II. xii. 620 Short of the Mark, and guiltless of a Wound, Th'unwieldy Mass came thund'ring to the Ground. 1825 W. Scott Jrnl. 3 Dec. (1939) 28 He was very near being a poet—but a miss is as good as a mile, and he always fell short of the mark. 1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Good for Nothing I. 146 Gilbert's efforts to amuse her often fell short of the mark. 1908 Polit. Sci. Q. 23 112 Mr. Fisher's work..does not fall short of the mark set by those many able men who have preceded him. 1998 S. Lawrence Montenegro 67 When required to dress for an unfamiliar occasion, Lydia Wadham worried that her best might fall somewhere short of the mark. extracted from markn.¹ < as lemmas
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