新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

mileIELTS重点词汇

英 [maɪl]

[NOUN]

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NOUN. 名词

miles
1. [C 可数名词] 英里
A mile is a unit of distance equal to 1760 yards or approximately 1.6 kilometres.
双语例句
例：
They drove 600 miles across the desert.
他们驱车600英里横穿沙漠。
例：
She lives just half a mile away.
她就住在半英里之外。
例：
The hurricane is moving at about 18 miles per hour.
龙卷风正以大约每小时18英里的速度移动着。
例：
The lake is about ten miles long.
这个湖大约十英里长。
例：
a 50-mile bike ride.
一段50英里的自行车骑行旅程。
2. [PL 复数] 很远的距离
Miles is used, especially in the expression miles away, to refer to a long distance.
双语例句
例：
If you enrol at a gym that's miles away, you won't be visiting it as often as you should.
如果你加入的健身房离这儿很远的话，你就不能经常去了。
3. [C 可数名词] （相差）远
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.
双语例句
例：
You're miles better than most of the performers we see nowadays.
你比我们现今看到的大多数表演者表演得要好得多。
例：
With a Democratic candidate in place they won by a mile.
一位民主党候选人到位后，他们就轻松胜出了。

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