off target

的を外れて

弾や投げた物などが、狙った場所を外れていること。

やさしい英語で： Away from the place that a shot, throw, or other action was meant to reach.

• The ball went off target.
• Both arrows landed off target.
• He fired again, but the shot flew off target.

類義語： wide, wide of the mark

反対語： on target

よく使う表現： shoot off target, land off target, go off target

不正確な、的外れな

間違っていたり、予想や計画、意図からずれていたりすること。

やさしい英語で： Wrong or different from what was expected, planned, or intended.

• Your estimate is off target.
• The sales forecast was off target by ten percent.
• Their assessment of the problem proved badly off target.

使い方： off target by + amount (Our estimate was off target by twenty percent.)

類義語： inaccurate, wrong

反対語： accurate

よく使う表現： estimates off target, figures off target, way off target