C 英里 a unit for measuring length

　cover ～s in one hour　一小时走完…英里
　do ～s in one hour　一小时走完…英里
　make about four ～s an hour　一小时能走四英里
　travel... ～s a day　日行…英里
　geographical ～　海里
　marine ～　海里
　nautical ～　海里
　sea ～　海里
　square ～　平方英里
　statute ～　法定英里
　three and a half ～s　三英里半
　～ stone　里程碑
　a little beyond a ～　一英里稍多一点
　miss by a ～　失误极大
　miss the target by a ～　远远没有击中目标
　for ～s around　周围几英里之内
　within three ～s of　在…的三英里范围内

　I dismissed the carriage and walked the last mile.　我把马车打发走了，徒步走完最后一英里路。
　He swam a mile yesterday.　昨天他游了一英里。
　If we go by this road, we can save half a mile.　如果我们走这条路，可以少走半英里地。
　The city covered ten square miles.　这个城市面积有10平方英里。
　Twenty miles is a long distance.　二十英里很远。1500 square miles of area has/have been flooded. 1500多平方公里的土地被洪水淹没。
　Many square miles of land in this low-lying country have been reclaimed from the sea.　这个低地国家已经填海开拓出许多平方英里的土地。
　You were driving at ninety miles an hour. Have anything to say for yourself?　你当时的驾驶时速已达每小时九十英里，你有什么要辩解的吗?
　I run five miles every day.　我每天跑五英里。
　We had to walk three miles to the church, where he preached.　我们不得不步行3英里去他传教的教堂。
　The soldiers plunged into action although they had just marched 20 miles.　士兵们刚跑完二十英里的路程，便立刻投入了战斗。
　They marched ten miles with nothing to eat.　他们空着肚子走了10英里。
　She makes nothing of walking five or ten miles a day.　她一天走上个五英里或者十英里的路，根本不在话下。
　He logged 800 miles in the first ten days at sea.　在海上的头10天里他航行了800海里。
　She lives about ten miles from my house.　她的住处离我家约10英里远。
　They extended the road for three more miles.　他们把那条路又延长了三英里多。
　The waterfall may be heard at a distance of two miles.　瀑布的响声在两英里之外就能听到。
　How far is it from here to Nottinggham?—Twenty miles as the crow flies.　从这里到诺丁汉有多远?——直线距离20英里。
　We judged the distance to be about 4 miles.　我们估计距离在4英里左右。
　The driver was told to ease the car down to 20 miles an hour on that curve.　他们告诉司机在那个急转弯的地方把车速降至每小时20英里。
　We had less than three miles to go.　我们还有三英里不到的路程要走。
　My bike has carried me 300 miles.　我的自行车已载我行驶了300英里路。
　You may call it ten miles from here to the seaside.　从这里到海边的路程你不妨算作10英里。
　I want to cover 100 miles before it gets dark.　在天黑之前我想行程100英里。
　They covered 120 miles in a single night.　他们仅一夜就走了120英里路。
　He was cornering at 60 miles an hour.　他以每小时60英里的速度把车子拐弯。
　The road continues in a straight line for five miles.　这条道路笔直延伸五英里。
　We approximated the distance at three miles.　我们粗略估计距离为3英里。
　Believe it or not, he walked 12 miles to get help for you.　你们相信不相信，他为你们求援竟走了12英里！
　After we had gone a few miles one of us had to fall out as a result of a sprained ankle.　我们走了几英里以后，有人因扭伤了脚踝而只好掉队了。
　When we were only a few miles from our destination the petrol gave out.　当我们离目的地只有几英里的路程时，汽油用完了。
　The waste is carried hundreds of miles by the wind.　这废物被风刮到几百英里之外。
　First, I am training hard now swimming seven and a half miles a day. Prior to that time I also kept physically fit by training moderately hard.　首先，我训 练刻苦——现在每天游泳七英里半，在那以前我也通过适度刻苦训练保持身体健康。
　The railway line follows the river for several miles.　铁路线沿着河流延伸几英里。
　The river Thames discharges itself into the sea some miles east of London.　泰晤士河在伦敦东面数英里处流入大海。
　We drove some miles out into the country.　我们开车数英里到农村去。
　He ran himself out in the first mile.　在跑第一英里时，他就累得精疲力竭了。
　The champion lapped him at the mile.　在一英里赛跑中，冠军超过他整整一圈。
　The little red car ate up the soggy miles.　那辆红色小汽车一会儿就驶完了那段数英里长的湿漉漉的路。
　They walked for miles without seeing a house.　他们走了好几英里路都见不到一所房子。
　After tramping for miles through the forest, we finally struck the road.　在森林里拖着沉重的脚步行走了数英里之后，我们终于找到了那条大路。
　The earthquake jarred the city and the surrounding countryside for miles.　地震动摇了那座城市及其周围很远的乡村。
　The countryside opens out beyond those trees, and you can see for miles.　过那片树林，便豁然开朗，村野风光数里之外一览无遗。
　The river broke through its banks, and flooded the country for many miles around.　河水决堤，淹没了方圆许多英里的乡村。
　I asked him why he had come all the miles from wherever he had come.　我问他为什么不远千里从家里赶来。
　This river empties itself into the ocean many miles away.　这条河流入数英里外的海洋里。
　The husband is miles away from the wife.　夫妻二人天涯海角各在一方。
　She's feeling miles better today.　她今天觉得好多了。
　A stone guidepost advised him that Gaza was still eight miles distant.　一块指路碑告诉他离加沙还有8英里。

 ♣ miss by a mile
　失误极大　have a lots of mistakes
　His answers missed by a mile.　他的回答完全不对。
　He wanted to be governor, but in the election he missed by a mile.　他想当州长，但在选举中惨败。
 ♣ not a hundred〔million〕 miles from
　离…不远　not a long distance
　There's a chemist's shop not a hundred miles from Dumfries.　这儿有一家离邓费里斯不远的药店。
 ♣ talk a mile a minute
　滔滔不绝地说　talk with excessive enthusiasm; express unpleasantly foolish and insincere admiration for sb/sth
　Young mothers talk a mile a minute over their babies.　年轻的母亲们滔滔不绝地谈论她们的婴儿。

1. 五英里（的路程）是我走得了的最大距离。
　［误］ Five miles are the greatest distance I can walk.
　［正］ Five miles is the greatest distance I can walk.
　［析］ miles用作主语时，常被视为一个整体，谓语动词常用单数形式。
2. 你一眼就可以看出他是个侦探。
　［误］ You can tell he's a detective a mile away.
　［正］ You can tell he's a detective a mile off.
　听见我的话了吗?——对不起，没有，刚才我走神了。
　［误］ Did you hear me?—No, sorry, I was miles off.
　［正］ Did you hear me?—No, sorry, I was miles away.
　［析］ a mile off的意思是“在一英里以外，远距离之外一目了然地；打老远就很容易…地”; miles away的意思是“在远的地方，心不在焉”。

　［词源］　拉丁语milia（一千步）