核心畫面

Picture the number on a car's counting up mile after mile. That running total is the core. From it English gets several practical questions: how far has this car gone in its life, how far did you drive this month, how far will it go on one tank, how many miles will the company pay you for — and then, away from cars altogether, how much use are you still getting out of something.

可以想成:汽車儀表板上那個一哩一哩往上跳的數字。那個累積的總數就是這個字的核心。從它可以問出好幾個很實際的問題:這台更多收起可以想成:汽車儀表板上那個一哩一哩往上跳的數字。那個累積的總數就是這個字的核心。從它可以問出好幾個很實際的問題:這台車一輩子跑了多遠、你這個月開了多遠、加一次油能跑多遠、公司要按哩數付你多少錢——最後再離開車子,變成「這件事你還能榨出多少用處」。

From the picture

一箱油能跑多遠

同樣是哩數,但這次拿來跟油量比:不是「跑了多遠」,而是「每一單位的油可以跑多遠」——變成一種效率。

fuel mileage · noun · B1

How far a vehicle can go on a set amount of fuel.

油耗;燃油效率

按哩數給的錢

把哩數換算成錢:你開自己的車辦公事,公司照跑的哩數補貼你。數字還是同一個,只是後面接上了金額。

mileage allowance · noun · B1

Money paid to you for each mile you drive your own car for work.

里程津貼

還能得到多少好處

完全離開車子:一台車還能跑多少哩,就像一件事還能帶給你多少用處。剩下的哩數變成剩下的價值。

mileage (benefit/use) · noun · B1

How much use or benefit you get out of something.

好處;用處

Also in this word

mileage (total driven) · noun · A2

All the miles a vehicle has been driven since it left the factory.

里程;累計哩數

mileage (in a period) · noun · A2

How many miles a person drives, or a vehicle is driven, within a certain stretch of time.

行駛里程;哩數

mileage (roads/railways) · noun · B2

The total length in miles of a country's roads or railways.

(道路/鐵路)總里程

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

mileagenoun/ˈmaɪləd͡ʒ/

  • 1

    The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.

    • But beyond these cut-offs, to avoid the wholesale alteration of all mileposting and mileages—of bridges and culverts, for example—the original mileposts have remained unaltered.
    • In June, 1950, therefore, the Railway Board prepared a tentative regrouping scheme, which contemplated the formation of six new railway systems, each serving a specific zone, and consisting of approximately 5,000 to 6,000 route-miles of line, the total mileage being 33,000.
  • 2

    The number of miles travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel.

    • On the other hand, there will be widespread agreement with Sir Brian's belief that, when a British main line has been completely dieselised and the schedules have been recast to suit the new traction, much higher daily mileages than 350 are not only possible but requisite, at least in the early stages of dieselisation.
  • 3

    An allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per mile.

  • 4

    A fee based on miles of use, as of an automobile or a railroad car.

  • 5

    informalThe amount of service that something has yielded or may yield in future.

    • This old PC has still got plenty of mileage in it.
    • There’s quite a lot of mileage in language, speech and computing, particularly in research.
  • 6

    informalSomething worth taking into consideration.

    • There’s some mileage in your argument.
  • 7

    slangThe total number of a person's past sexual encounters.

    • Now she's phoning me on private When I told her I don't like it She's a ho and she got mileage Probably more miles than my whip (Skrrt) I see it then I buy it She's still eating on my privates

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。