英语词汇“to shoot near 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) With adverb or phrase, to shoot beside, to shoot far from, to shoot near the mark; to shoot short, to shoot straight, etc. Often figurative.

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?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 127^v Hercules and many other shotte at most strayt and next the marke.

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 48^v But to shoote wyde and far of the marke is a thynge possyble.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. vi. sig. Biii Ye mary (quoth he) now ye shoote ny the pricke.

1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. i. f. 95^v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Wherein they [sc. foreign writers] haue shot so farre wyde as the quantity of ground was betweene themselues and their marke.

1585 Queen Elizabeth I Let. to James VI (Camden) 17 Who seaketh two stringes to one bowe, he [printed the] may shute strong, but neuer strait.

1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 335 Man he lets flie against God (though against his will he shoots short) whole vollies of sinnes and impieties.

a1704 T. Brown Ess. Women in 4th Vol. Wks. (1709) i. 39 But alas! how far do you shoot from the Mark? [in answer to a question].

1862 ‘F. G. Trafford’ City & Suburb (1869) iii. 22 He had shot wonderfully near the truth.

单词	to shoot near the mark
释义	> as lemmas to shoot near the mark (d) With adverb or phrase, to shoot beside, to shoot far from, to shoot near the mark; to shoot short, to shoot straight, etc. Often figurative. ΚΠ ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 127^v Hercules and many other shotte at most strayt and next the marke. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 48^v But to shoote wyde and far of the marke is a thynge possyble. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. vi. sig. Biii Ye mary (quoth he) now ye shoote ny the pricke. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. i. f. 95^v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Wherein they [sc. foreign writers] haue shot so farre wyde as the quantity of ground was betweene themselues and their marke. 1585 Queen Elizabeth I Let. to James VI (Camden) 17 Who seaketh two stringes to one bowe, he [printed the] may shute strong, but neuer strait. 1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 335 Man he lets flie against God (though against his will he shoots short) whole vollies of sinnes and impieties. a1704 T. Brown Ess. Women in 4th Vol. Wks. (1709) i. 39 But alas! how far do you shoot from the Mark? [in answer to a question]. 1862 ‘F. G. Trafford’ City & Suburb (1869) iii. 22 He had shot wonderfully near the truth. extracted from shootv. < as lemmas
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