mile

You can spot undercover cops a mile off.

你一眼就可以认出便衣警察。

a 20-mile drive to work

开车20英里去上班

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。

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。

There isn't a house for miles around here.

附近数英里以内没有一座房子。

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。

'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。”

(North Amercian English)My car gets 35 miles to the gallon.

我的车一加仑油能跑35英里。

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。

I'm not walking─it's miles away .

我不会走着去的——太远了。

a mile-long procession

一英里长的游行队伍

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。

I'm feeling miles better today, thanks.

多谢，我今天感觉好多了。

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。

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”。

miles and miles of desert

广阔无垠的沙漠

They drove 600 miles across the desert...

他们驱车600英里穿越沙漠。

a four-minute mile

四分钟一英里赛跑

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。

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。

He ran the mile in less than four minutes.

他用了不到四分钟就跑完一英里。

We broke down miles from anywhere.

在一个偏远的地方，我们的车坏了。

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。

an area of four square miles

四平方英里的面积

(British English)My car does 35 miles to the gallon.

我的车一加仑油能跑35英里。

I was miles and miles from anywhere...

我离任何地方都非常远。

What were you thinking about? You were miles away.

你刚才在想什么呢？你开小差了。