to fail to achieve the intended result
未能达到预期结果 (wei neng da dao yu qi jie guo)
"His speech missed the mark and didn’t impress anyone."
"他的演讲没有击中要点,没有给任何人留下深刻印象。" (ta de yan jiang mei you ji zhong yao dian mei you gei ren he ren liu xia shen ke yin xiang)