Word · Frequency #11721
milestone
里程碑；里程石；里程标
核心释义
这里指路旁标示距离的石碑，不是比喻义‘重大事件’。
a stone post at the side of a road that shows distances
- 1.
沿道路等距设置的里程碑,通常为石制,位于路边或中央分隔带。
A stone milepost (or by extension in other materials), one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.
- 2.
路旁标明距离的石柱
stone post at side of a road to show distances
- 3.
个人生活或事业、国家历史、项目等中的重大事件。
An important event in a person's life or career, in the history of a nation, in the life of some project, etc.
- 4.
你生活中(或项目中)的重大事件
a significant event in your life (or in a project)
沿道路等距设置的里程碑,通常为石制,位于路边或中央分隔带。；路旁标明距离的石柱；个人生活或事业、国家历史、项目等中的重大事件。；你生活中(或项目中)的重大事件；里程碑
用法In use
We stopped at a milestone to check how far we had travelled.
用法提示：milestone 作名词，指路边的里程石。
According to the milestone, the next village was ten kilometres away.
用法提示：milestone 作名词，在这里表示显示距离的里程碑。
The old milestones along this road were carved in the 1800s.
用法提示：milestone 作名词复数，指立在路旁标有距离的石头。
a milestone on the road to [place]
road to 后接具体地点；milestone 是可数名词。
The old milestone on the road to York is a popular tourist attraction.
通往约克路上的那块旧里程碑是一个颇受游客欢迎的景点。
a milestone marking [distance]
marking... 是现在分词短语作后置定语，修饰 milestone。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- reach a milestone
- 达到一个里程碑
- The company reached a milestone in its development.公司在发展过程中达到了一个里程碑。
- an important milestone
- 一个重要的里程碑
- Winning the prize was an important milestone in her career.获得该奖项是她职业生涯中的一个重要里程碑。
- mark a milestone
- 标志着里程碑
- The signing of the agreement marked a milestone in relations between the two countries.该协议的签署标志着两国关系的一个里程碑。
- a milestone in one's life
- 人生中的一个里程碑
- Graduating from college is a milestone in a young person's life.大学毕业是年轻人人生中的一个里程碑。
- milestone birthday
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想 mile（英里）+ stone（石头）：路边标记英里数的石头，引申为重要的里程碑。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：roadside distance markers、transport history 该义项指路边标示距离的石碑，多用于描述道路距离标记或交通史上的里程标志，语气通常比较中性。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Milestone ends with the same /stoʊn/ sound as stone, bone, phone, cone, tone, and alone (alone also ends in /oʊn/). Note that milestone's main stress is on the first syllable, so it is not a perfect rhyme with those single-stress words; the final -stone carries only secondary stress. Also, words like one /wʌn/, done /dʌn/, and none /nʌn/ look similar but sound different.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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