识英文 知时事:see, spot, smell, etc. something a mile off 早看出

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据 CNN报道,普金下令俄军进入乌克兰(Russian President Vladimir Putin orders Russian troops to enter two separatist-held regions in Ukraine)。普金之所以会动手是因为摸到了西方的底牌,媒体称Putin smells Biden' weakness a mile away 。see, spot, smell, etc. something a mile off指早知道,例如:

To see or predict something well in advance of it actually arriving or happening. I can see where this conversation is heading a mile off.The car is so obnoxiously large that you can see it a mile off.