miss by a mile
基本解释
- 失误极大
英汉例句
- But they look set to miss that goal by a mile (see chart).
但看来他们势必会跟预期的目标相差甚远（见表）。 - Too diffuse a beam, and they would miss each other by the subatomic equivalent of a mile.
要是光束太散，它们就会在亚原子世界里以相当于一英里的距离错失对方，不能碰撞。 - You run across old friends every day, but you usually miss them by half a mile or by a couple of minutes.
通常，你每天穿梭于老朋友之间， 但也许经常和他们只相距半公里或者十几分钟的路程。 - The government wants 50% of young people to go into higher education by 2010, a target it looks likely to miss by a mile.
ECONOMIST: The birth pangs of a market in higher education - Too diffuse a beam, and they would miss each other by the subatomic equivalent of a mile.
ECONOMIST: Simon van der Meer The