toefl听力－exercise10-11&2003-08-22

红菱 · 发表于 2004-8-4 17:56:00

W:didn't the committee say it would only take a month for them to complete the report? it took at least twice that long.

M:yeah, their estimate was way off the mark.

请问第二句话有什么俗语？mark？

waterfrog · 发表于 2004-8-4 21:13:00

off the mark
adv.
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marshial · 发表于 2004-8-4 21:40:00

off the mark/wide of the mark: not correct

ￚsynonym inaccurate

Our cost estimate was way off the mark .

enjoylife517 · 发表于 2004-8-4 22:40:00

这跟北美的一个现象有关，这里的路都有公里数标记，为了方便开车旅行的人。所以way跟mark是联系在一起的。

marshial · 发表于 2004-8-5 07:05:00

希望enjoylife多介绍点“背景”知识！对理解听力非常有帮助。

enjoylife517 · 发表于 2004-8-5 07:47:00

呵呵，没有问题。也欢迎大家踊跃讨论

红菱 · 发表于 2004-8-5 12:04:00

呵呵，明解！谢谢各位解答

完全同意marshial的提议！知道多些背景就知其然又知其所以然，不用死记硬背呐

zhoushao · 发表于 2004-8-5 13:02:00

支持!!!

yfyjoe · 发表于 2005-4-23 23:56:00

我认为此题后一句应是：

Yeah, their estimate was way off the mark.

way off 　有很大差距，错得厉害

dancerme814 · 发表于 2005-7-25 13:45:00

以下是引用yfyjoe在2005-4-23 23:56:00的发言：

我认为此题后一句应是：

Yeah, their estimate was way off the mark.

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