mile

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n.

  • 易混淆的单词:MILE  
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  • 词典例句

1. N-COUNT 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. 
  • 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。

2. N-PLURAL 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。”

3. N-COUNT 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. 
  • 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。

4. PHRASE 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. 
  • What were you thinking about? You were miles away.

    你刚才在想什么呢?你开小差了。

5. PHRASE 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. 
  • 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”。

6. PHRASE 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. 
  • You can spot undercover cops a mile off.

    你一眼就可以认出便衣警察。

7. PHRASE (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. 
  • 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。

8. PHRASE 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. 
  • '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。

Noun

1. a unit of length equal to 1760 yards

2. a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters

3. a large distance;

  • "he missed by a mile"

4. a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 1828.8 meters (6000 feet)

5. a British unit of length equivalent to 1,853.18 meters (6,082 feet)

6. an ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards

7. a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km

8. a footrace extending one mile;

  • "he holds the record in the mile"

计算机

  • 1.英里[M]
1. A 20-mile exclusion zone was set up around the power station to guard against further explosions.
发电厂周围设立了20 英里的禁区以減低再度爆炸造成的影响。

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2. A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫厘,差之千里。

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3. After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile.
正餐以后,休息片刻;晚餐以后,步行一里。

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4. He caught three hares, but one ran a mile.
他逮了三只野兔,跑了一只。

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5. He sticks out a mile to be very friendly with us.
他对我们显得很友好。

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6. He wanted to be governor, but in the election he missed by a mile.
他想当州长,但在选举中惨败。

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7. His answers missed by a mile.
他的回答完全不对。

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8. His criticism stuck out a mile to aim at us.
他的批评显然是针对我们。

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9. I dismissed the carriage and walked the last mile.
我把马车打发走了,徒步走完最后一英里路。

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10. I was half a mile in the lead burning the earth like a gust of wind.
我领先了半英里,一阵风似地飞奔。

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11. It was a mile by water, four miles round the shore.
由水路去只有一英里,沿岸绕行要四英里。

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12. It's a mile round the circumference of the field.
运动场周长一英里。

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13. It's no more than one mile to the shops.
到商业区不过一英里。

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14. John was breathless after running for half a mile.
约翰跑了半英里后就气喘吁吁。

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15. She talks a mile a minute that you can't get a word in.
她讲话时滔滔不绝,你一句话也插不进去。

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16. She's always got a worry list a mile long. I wish she'd just relax and enjoy life.
她总是忧虑重重。 我希望她能想开点,愉快地生活。

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17. The famous monastery of St Bernard, which was founded in the elventh century, lies about a mile away.
著名的圣·伯纳德修道院是11世纪建立的,它座落在离开关隘一英里的地方。

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18. The hospital is about a mile past the school.
医院在离学校一英里以外的地方。

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19. The naughty children had run a mile when their teacher arrived.
老师来的时候,那些顽皮的孩子都溜掉了。

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20. The population density of that country is 685 per square mile.
那个国家的人口密度为每平方英里685人。

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