miles
miles — 名詞
1. a unit for measuring distance on land, equal to 1,760 yards (about 1,609 metres)
英里
長度單位，約1.6公里
a unit for measuring distance on land, equal to 1,760 yards (about 1,609 metres); it is the standard way of saying how far apart places are or how far someone travels, used mainly in the United States, the United Kingdom, and a few other countries.
After his car broke down on the highway, Mateo walked three miles to the nearest gas station.
Mateo 的車在高速公路上拋錨後，他走了三英里才到最近的加油站。
number + miles + from [place]
Ritu walks two miles to school every morning.
Ritu 每天早上走兩英里的路去上學。
Our car can go about thirty miles on one gallon of fuel.
我們的車一加侖汽油大約能跑三十英里。
number + miles + on [amount of fuel]
Aoi ran for half a mile before stopping to catch her breath.
Aoi 跑了半英里才停下來喘口氣。
- square miles
- miles per hour
- miles long
- miles wide
- miles from
文法句型
number + mile(s)
mile(s) + [preposition/noun]
用法筆記
In the singular form 'mile' this sense is used with 'a' or 'one' ('a mile away', 'half a mile'). The plural 'miles' is used for any other quantity.
常見錯誤
2. a very long distance, a great gap, or a large difference between two things; use
遙遠；差距大
很遠的距離或極大差距
a very long distance, a great gap, or a large difference between two things; used either literally for physical space or figuratively to emphasise how much better, bigger, or more extreme something is compared to something else.
Tamar could hear the music playing from miles away.
Tamar 在好幾英里外就能聽到音樂聲。
from miles away
There were miles of empty golden sand along the coast.
海岸邊有綿延好幾英里的空曠金色沙灘。
Eve's new laptop is miles faster than her old one.
Eve 的新筆記型電腦比她舊的快上好幾倍。
miles + comparative adjective (miles faster/bigger/better)
The two football team captains were miles apart on whether to add weekend training sessions.
兩位足球隊長對於是否增加週末訓練的意見差了十萬八千里。
We still have miles to walk before we reach the mountain hut.
我們還得走好幾英里才能到達山屋。
have miles to [verb]
- miles away
- miles apart
- miles from
- for miles
- miles better
- miles ahead
- far
more general and less emphatic than 'miles'; does not quantify the gap
- a long way
conversational and common in everyday speech; less vivid than 'miles'
- light-years ahead
more dramatic and informal; implies technological or conceptual superiority
文法句型
for miles
miles away
miles from
miles apart
miles + comparative adjective
用法筆記
In the figurative sense ('miles better', 'miles apart') this is always plural 'miles' and functions like an intensifying adverb. Distinguish from sense 1, which refers to a specific measured distance — if you can replace 'miles' with 'kilometres' and the sentence still works, it is sense 1; if not, it is sense 2.
常見錯誤
3. a running race that covers exactly one mile (about 1,609 metres); a standard tra
一英里賽
長度一英里的賽跑項目
a running race that covers exactly one mile (about 1,609 metres); a standard track event in athletics competitions at schools, colleges, and international meets such as the Olympics.
Mauricio finished the mile race in just under five minutes.
Mauricio 以不到五分鐘的成績跑完了一英里賽跑。
finish + the mile race + in [time]
Every afternoon, Coach Rivera led the track team through mile practice on the old cinder track.
每天下午，Rivera 教練帶著田徑隊在舊煤渣跑道上練習一英里賽。
Jack's best time in the mile race was four minutes and twenty seconds.
Jack 的一英里賽跑最佳成績是四分二十秒。
Darius won the mile race at the state championships last spring.
Darius 去年春天在州錦標賽中贏得一英里賽跑。
win + the mile race + at [event]
- run the mile
- win the mile
- the mile race
- mile runner
- mile record
文法句型
the mile
mile race
run + the mile
用法筆記
This sense is almost always used with the definite article: 'the mile'. Unlike other race distances (e.g. 'the 100 metres'), the article is essential — 'He ran mile' is incorrect.
常見錯誤
4. a unit of distance used in sea and air navigation, equal to 1,852 metres; it is
海浬
航海用的距離單位
a unit of distance used in sea and air navigation, equal to 1,852 metres; it is defined as one minute of latitude and is the standard for plotting routes across oceans and through the sky.
The captain reported that the cargo ship was twenty nautical miles from the nearest port.
船長報告說那艘貨輪距離最近的港口二十海浬。
number + nautical miles + from [place]
The ferry captain told the passengers they were only twelve nautical miles from the harbour.
渡輪船長告訴乘客，他們距離港口只剩十二海浬。
The rescue helicopter flew one hundred nautical miles to reach the stranded fishing boat.
救援直升機飛了一百海浬才抵達那艘受困的漁船。
number + nautical miles + to [destination]
The fishing boat was still fifty nautical miles from shore when the engine failed.
漁船引擎故障時，距離岸邊還有五十海浬。
- nautical miles from
- nautical miles off
- nautical miles per hour
- sea mile
less precise informal equivalent; 'nautical mile' is the standard technical term
文法句型
nautical mile(s)
number + nautical mile(s)
用法筆記
Always use the full phrase 'nautical mile' in writing to avoid confusion with the standard (statute) mile. In speech, pilots and sailors often just say 'mile' when the context is clear.
a fixed intensifier placed directly before a comparative adjective (for example, 'better', 'bigger', 'faster') to stress that something is very much more so; unlike ordinary uses of 'miles', this phrase functions like an adverb and must stay next to the adjective it modifies — it cannot stand alone.
好得多／大得多等多倍差異
This year's school play was miles better than last year's show.
Quan's new apartment is miles bigger than his tiny old room.
for miles
idioma set prepositional phrase used after verbs like 'see', 'walk', 'drive', or 'hear' to describe an uninterrupted stretch of land, sea, or sky; it emphasises the continuous expanse rather than a specific destination or measured distance, and always follows a verb of movement or perception.
很長一段距離；綿延好幾英里
From the top of the hill, you can see for miles across the valley.
We drove for miles without seeing another car on the road.