They lived in a little cottage miles from anywhere (=a long way from the nearest town).
他们住在很偏僻的一间小屋里。
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miles from anywhere• It is 50 miles from anywhere.• She pulled up in a fair-sized stableyard attached to a farm which appeared to be miles from anywhere.• If I were out in the country, miles from anywhere, this obsession might be understandable.• Especially if you come upon one at night, all lit up, eating away under banks of lights miles from anywhere.• Soon, she would be left in the darkness, in the middle of an ocean, thousands of miles from anywhere.• We're miles from anywhere else.• We were still out in emptyspacemiles from anywhere.
4go the extra mileTRY TO DO OR GET somethingto try a little harder in order to achieve something, after you have already used a lot of effort 再加把劲〔以完成某事〕
The president expressed his determination to go the extra mile for peace.
5stick out/stand out a mileinformalOBVIOUS to be very easy to see or notice 显而易见,一目了然
It sticks out a mile that you’re new here.
一看就知道你是新来的。
6can see/spot/tell something a mile offinformal if you can see something a mile off, it is very easy to notice 能轻而易举地看出某事物,一眼就能看出某事物
You can tell a mile off that he likes you.
一眼就能看出来他喜欢你。
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can see/spot/tell something a mile off• He's a hawkeye, and can spot one a mile off, like that farawaykestrel.• Our sportsdesk can spot from a mile off a person who can not tell an in-swinger from a bouncer.• But I think he's lovely, and you can tell a mile off that he likes you.
7be miles awayspokenATTENTION to not be paying attention to anything that is happening around you 心不在焉,走神
‘Kate!’ ‘Sorry, I was miles away!’
“凯特!”“对不起,我走神了!”
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be miles away• I don't mean to disturb you, you looked miles away -- but there's a call for you.• Given that the factory producing the chocolateis miles away, the resulting confections are really quite good.• Sorry, I was miles away. What did you say?• I was miles away from the possibility of victorytonight.• First, the man was miles away in London.• Her mind was miles away, focused on imaginaryscenarios being played out between Piers and Nicole.• Whoever it was must be miles away by now.• Their great protectorwas miles away, engrossed in Parcheesi.• For a moment there you seemed to be miles away.• That was the image that occurred to me, but by the time I thought of it we were miles away.
8miles older/better/too difficult etcBritish EnglishBrE informalVERY very much older, better, too difficult etc 老很多/好得多/实在太难等SYN loads
The second film’s miles better.
第二部电影要好得多。
9by a mileinformal by a very large amount 远远〔超越、胜过等〕
He was the best player on the pitch by a mile.
他绝对是场上最棒的球员。
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by a mile• It's the best by miles.• Whoever planted that treebeat Mr Buddyby a mile.• But the service is not yet good enough by a mile.• They're the favouritesby a mile.• At the rate he was going we were going to miss it by a mile.• And yet Simeon flunked virtually every exam, often by a mile.• Some writers have suggested that this will replacebrowsing, but they miss the point by a mile.• I hope you pay heed, you're still my favourite tomeby miles ... for now.
10.miles outBritish EnglishBrE informalWRONG/INCORRECT a measurement, guess, or calculation that is miles out is completely wrong 〔测量、猜测或计算〕差远了,全错了
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miles out• We were five miles out of Sabinal in the cotton fields and grapevineyards.• Four miles out, turn left down a track.• Spurn is a long thin peninsula, jutting three-and-a-half miles out from the North Humberside mainland.• The islands in the channel looked grim and deserted, twenty-six miles out.• Terry and Ian Whelan were six miles out to sea off Southport's coast when they dropped the compass.• We lost the last of the press about thirty miles out of the city.• Three miles out from Scheffau is the beautiful Hintersteinersee lake, where you can swim, picnic or just enjoy the scenery.• Once, when dusk caught us miles out in the country, an old couple took us in for the night.
11.join the mile high clubinformal to have sex in a plane 在飞机上性交
mile• The main obstacle was the steep Crooksbury Hill after 19 miles, with the Punchbowl being a descent.• Edgcote House, situated about 8 milesnorthwest of Brackley, was a somewhat larger house than Weston Hall.• Dane's father lives about a mile from here.• The gas was piped over a quarter of a mile to the Hall and stables.• Eighteen miles is not far at all, she says.• Hugejams built up behind the 74-year-old pensioner as he crawled for five miles along the insidelane of the dual-carriageway A1.• Markjogs as least five miles a day.• The first goal he scored in the famous Burnley game was really something special, he lobs the goalie from miles out.• Maybe you have to throw a coat over your nightie and pick them up from miles away in the car.• The car gets about thirty miles to the gallon.• Now his voice was coming over five thousand miles of air and five hundred years of diverseprogress.
miles per hour• At least 20 others were run aground, driven into sandbars by huge waves and winds topping 100 miles per hour.• Averagespeed 111 miles per hour.• Competingvehicles have to cover a ten-mile course carrying a driver at a speed of at least 15 miles per hour.• He estimated that the car must have been doing at least 18 miles per hour on the curve where it overturned.• We can accelerate up to 20 miles per hour up a hill.• After reaching speeds of 200 miles per hour enroute, you arrive at the barbershop.• The hydrogenmolecule, H2, which is the smallest of all molecules travels at approximately 4300 miles per hour at 25°C.• The speed limit is 65 miles per hour.• Boost is enginemanifoldpressure, a keyingredient in the maintenance of horsepower and ultimately, miles per hour.
From Longman Business Dictionary
milemile /maɪl/written abbreviation m noun [countableC]
(also geographical mile) a unit for measuring distance or length, equal to 5,280 feet or 1,609 metres
ADJECTIVE | VERB + MILE | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤nautical海里➤square平方英里VERB + MILE➤cover, cycle, do, drive, fly, go, hike, ride, run, swim, travel, trudge, walk行過/騎車騎過/行進/駕車行駛/飛行/走過/徒步走過/騎行/跑過/游過/旅行經過/步履艱難地走過/步行⋯英里◇Good runners can cover the three miles in just over 15 minutes.能跑的人 15 分鐘多一點就能跑完這 3 英里。➤clock, clock up, log達到⋯英里;行進⋯英里◇Altogether on the trip we clocked up over 1 800 miles.我們的總旅程超過了 1,800 英里。➤span, stretch跨越/延伸⋯英里◇The country's Red Sea coast stretches some 500 miles.該國紅海海岸線綿延約 500 英里。PHRASES➤miles an hour, miles per hour⋯英里/小時◇The police stopped them doing 100 miles per hour.他們因以每小時 100 英里的速度行駛而被警察攔住了。➤a mile a minute (= very fast) (especially NAmE) 特別快◇She was talking a mile a minute.她說得特別快。◇His thoughts were racing a mile a minute.他的思維正在高速運轉。➤go the extra mile加倍努力◇a willingness to go the extra mile (= make an extra effort) to make a project work願意付出額外的努力使項目運行➡ note at measure