1·He's wearing a wig—you can see it a mile off.
他戴着假发，你一眼就能看出来。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·I can now spot a blamer from a mile off.
我现在隔着一英里就能闻到指责者的气味。
3·The camels can smell the water a mile off.
骆驼能嗅出一英里外有水。
4·The fleet anchored half a mile off the headland.
舰队在离岬半英里处抛锚停泊。
5·The fleet lay at anchor half a mile off the headland.
舰队在离山岬半英里处抛锚停泊。
6·I knew it was you. I could recognize your voice a mile off.
我知道是你，好远就能听出你的声音。
7·They lived about a mile off through the woods, and were quite used to the route.
他们住在大约离森林一英里外的地方，还是熟门熟路的呢。
8·I can make out the rigging of a schooner a mile off; I can count the new cones on the spruce.
我能在一英哩外看清一艘纵帆船的桅索；我能数出云杉上的新球果。
9·The good news is that I can now spot a blamer from a mile off and I will run not walk the other way.
我现在隔着一英里就能闻到指责者的气味。我会朝另反方向不是慢慢走开而是迅速跑得远远的。
10·Stumbling home from the pub before toppling over the kerb, you can usually spot a drunk person a mile off.
通常你大老远就能注意到醉鬼，这些家伙从酒吧里出来跌跌撞撞地往家走，就差翻倒在路边的树丛中摔个狗啃屎。