This would mean Yao's forecast could be off the mark .

这将意味着姚明的预测可能正确。

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But when it comes to commodities like crude oil and corn, that may be off the mark.

但对原油、谷物等大宗商品来说，这个词或许还不适用。

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Predictions early in 2005 that the year would be the warmest on record turned out to be off the mark.

2005年早些时候曾有人预计，去年将是有观测记录以来地球历史上最暖的一个年头。

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Comparisons will inevitably be made to such inspirational-teacher films as "Dead Poets Society, " and they'll be off the mark.

WSJ: Film Review

When trying to divine future employment in the small-business sector from surveys of business owners, policy makers and economic analysts need to take entrepreneurial optimism into account or their predictions will be off the mark.

FORBES: Can Small-Business Owners Predict Their Own Layoffs?

Yet the forecasts still rely on the quirks of human behavior, and the forecasts can often be wildly off the mark.

NPR: Bumper to Bumper: Predicting Traffic Flow