[N-COUNT 可数名词]英里(等于1,760 码或约等于1.6公里) A mile is a unit of distance equal to 1,760 yards or approximately 1.6 kilometres.
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They drove 600 miles across the desert...
他们驱车600英里穿越沙漠。
The hurricane is moving to the west at about 18 miles per hour...
飓风正以每小时18英里的速度向西推进。
She lives just half a mile away...
她就住在半英里以外的地方。
There's a lake up there, about ten miles long.
那里有一个湖泊,长约10英里。
...a 50-mile bike ride.
骑自行车50英里的路程
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[N-PLURAL 复数名词]很长的路程;长距离Miles is used, especially in the expression miles away, to refer to a long distance.
If you enrol at a gym that's miles away, you won't be visiting it as often as you should...
如果你加入的健身馆非常远,就不会去得那么经常了。
I was miles and miles from anywhere...
我离任何地方都非常远。
'Shall I come to see you?' — 'Are you kidding? It's miles.'
“我去看望你好吗?”——“你在开玩笑吗?路很远的。”
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]很大的程度(强调区别或目标与现实的差距)Miles or a mile is used with the meaning 'very much' in order to emphasize the difference between two things or qualities, or the difference between what you aimed to do and what you actually achieved.
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[emphasis]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
You're miles better than most of the performers we see nowadays...
你比当下我们见到的大多数表演者都强多了。
With a Labour candidate in place they won by a mile...
有一个工党的候选人坐镇,他们大获全胜。
The rehearsals were miles too slow and no work was getting done.
排练的进度实在太慢,什么工作都没有完成。
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[PHRASE 短语]思想不集中;开小差;走神 If you say that someone is miles away, you mean that they are unaware of what is happening around them because they are thinking about something else.
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[INFORMAL 非正式]
What were you thinking about? You were miles away.
你刚才在想什么呢?你开小差了。
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[PHRASE 短语]加倍努力;加把劲 If you say that someone is willing to go the extra mile, you mean that they are willing to make a special effort to do or achieve something.
[V inflects]
The President is determined 'to go the extra mile for peace'.
总统决心“为实现和平而加倍努力”。
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[PHRASE 短语]打老远,一眼(认出) If you say that you can see or recognize something a mile off, you are emphasizing that it is very obvious and easy to recognize.
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[emphasis]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
You can spot undercover cops a mile off.
你一眼就可以认出便衣警察。
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[PHRASE 短语](因极度害怕或不愿面对)避而远之,跑得远远的 If you say that someone would run a mile when faced with a particular situation, you mean that they would be very frightened or unwilling to deal with it.
[V inflects]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
If anybody had told me when I first got married that I was going to have seven children, I would have run a mile...
若是有人在我刚结婚时跟我说我会生7个孩子,我一定会躲得远远的。
I'm very squeamish and when I see needles I run a mile.
我神经非常脆弱,见到针头就会逃之夭夭。
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[PHRASE 短语]显而易见;很明显 If you say that something or someone sticks out a mile or stands out a mile, you are emphasizing that they are very obvious and easy to recognize.
[V inflects]
[emphasis]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
'How do you know he's Irish?' —'Sticks out a mile.'...
“你是怎么知道他是爱尔兰人的呢?”——“明摆的事嘛。”
We stood out a mile on that first day at school.
上学第一天,我们就非常惹人注意。
Oxford
mile★/maɪl; NAmEmaɪl/noun1★[countable ]a unit for measuring distance equal to 1 609 metres or 1 760 yards 英里(= 1 609 米或 1 760 码)◆a 20-mile drive to work开车 20 英里去上班◆an area of four square miles四平方英里的面积◆a mile-long procession一英里长的游行队伍◆The nearest bank is about half a mile down the road.最近的银行沿着这条路要走半英里。◆We did about 30 miles a day on our cycling trip.我们骑车旅行,每天约骑 30 英里。◆The car must have been doing at least 100 miles an hour.这车速肯定每小时至少 100 英里。◆( BrE) My car does 35 miles to the gallon.我的车一加仑油能跑 35 英里。◆( NAmE) My car gets 35 miles to the gallon.我的车一加仑油能跑 35 英里。☞see also
Air Miles
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2★miles[plural ]a large area or a long distance 大面积;长距离◆miles and miles of desert广阔无垠的沙漠◆There isn't a house for miles around here.附近数英里以内没有一座房子。◆I'm not walking—it's miles away.我不会走着去的,太远了。3[countable , usually plural ]( informal) very much; far 很多;远远地◆I'm feeling miles better today, thanks.多谢,我今天感觉好多了。◆I'm miles behind with my work.我的工作远远地落在了后面。◆She's taller than you by a mile.她比你高多了。4the mile[singular ]a race over one mile 一英里赛跑◆He ran the mile in less than four minutes.他用了不到四分钟就跑完一英里。◆a four-minute mile四分钟一英里赛跑IDIOMSbe ˈmiles away( informal) to be thinking deeply about sth and not aware of what is happening around you 想出了神go the ˌextra ˈmile (for sb/sth)to make a special effort to achieve sth, help sb, etc. 孜孜以求;加倍努力;加把劲ˌmiles from ˈanywhere( informal) in a place that is a long way from a town and surrounded only by a lot of open country, sea, etc. 在偏远的地方◆We broke down miles from anywhere.在一个偏远的地方,我们的车坏了。run a ˈmile (from sb/sth)( informal) to show that you are very frightened of doing sth 尽量避开see, spot, tell, smell, etc. sth a ˈmile off( informal) to see or realize sth very easily and quickly 轻而易举地看出(或意识到)◆He's wearing a wig—you can see it a mile off.他戴着假发,你一眼就能看出来。stand/stick out a ˈmileto be very obvious or noticeable 显而易见☞more at
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miss
n.milemilesmile/maɪl; NAmEmaɪl/
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milemile /maɪl/ ●●●S1W1 noun [countable]
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1 (written abbreviation m) a unit for measuring distance, equal to 1,760 yards or about 1,609 metres: It’s forty miles from here to the Polish border. an area 50 miles wide and 150 miles long We walked about half a mile. He was driving at 70 miles per hour.2the mile a race that is a mile in length: the first man to run the mile in under four minutes3miles informal a very long distancemile from We were miles from home, and very tired.mile away You can’t go to Portsmouth, it’s miles away.for miles You can see for miles from here. They lived in a little cottage miles from anywhere (=a long way from the nearest town).4go the extra mile to try a little harder in order to achieve something, after you have already used a lot of effort: The president expressed his determination to go the extra mile for peace.5stick out/stand out a mile informal to be very easy to see or notice: It sticks out a mile that you’re new here.6can see/spot/tell something a mile off informal if you can see something a mile off, it is very easy to notice: You can tell a mile off that he likes you.7be miles away spoken to not be paying attention to anything that is happening around you: ‘Kate!’ ‘Sorry, I was miles away!’8miles older/better/too difficult etc British English informal very much older, better, too difficult etcSYN loads: The second film’s miles better.9by a mile informal by a very large amount: He was the best player on the pitch by a mile.10miles out British English informal a measurement, guess, or calculation that is miles out is completely wrong11join the mile high club informal to have sex in a plane →
nautical mile
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