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🔑 mileBrE /maɪl/NAmE /maɪl/ noun🔑 [C] 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™, mph, nautical mile 🔑 miles [pl.] 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. 我不会走路去的，太远了。 [C, usually pl.] (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。the mile [sing.] 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 ●be 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●give sb an ˈinch (and they'll take a ˈmile/ˈyard)(saying) used to say that if you allow some people a small amount of freedom or power they will see you as weak and try to take a lot more 得寸进尺●a ˌmiss is as ˌgood as a ˈmile(saying) there is no real difference between only just failing in sth and failing in it badly because the result is still the same 错误再小也是错；功败垂成仍为败 |