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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.
例句
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。
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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.
例句
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。
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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.
例句
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。
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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.
例句
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
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.
例句
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
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.
例句
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
(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.
例句
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
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.
例句
'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。