islanders

英 [ˈaɪləndəz] 美 [ˈaɪləndərz]

n.  岛上居民，岛民(尤指小岛上的)
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  1. N-COUNT 岛民;岛上的居民
    Islanders are people who live on an island.
    1. The islanders endured centuries of exploitation.
      那个岛上的居民忍受了数个世纪的剥削。
    2. ...the Easter Islanders.
      复活节岛岛民
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  1. Outsiders who wed islanders are given only three years 'right of abode at first.
    岛外的人和岛民结婚之初只能获得三年的居住权。
  2. These figures may look good on paper but are cold comfort to the islanders themselves.
    这些数字理论上看来可能不错，不过对岛民们起不到安慰的作用。
  3. The islanders endured centuries of exploitation.
    那个岛上的居民忍受了数个世纪的剥削。
  4. Zanzibar's fortunes declined after the islanders revolted against the sultanate in 1964.
    桑给巴尔岛的居民于1964年反抗苏丹统治，随后时局便不断恶化。
  5. The islanders can do little but sweat it out, wondering whether they will be forced to go and seek a new life elsewhere.
    岛民不知道自己是否要被迫去往他处另谋生路，但却无能为力，只好干等。
  6. Islanders have campaigned for the abolition of one of the three tiers of municipal power on the island.
    岛上居民发起一场运动，要求废除岛上三级市政管理层中的一级。
  7. Cook Islanders are devout Christians and Sunday is a day of rest and churchgoing.
    库克岛人是虔诚的基督教徒，星期天则是人们休息和上教堂的日子。
  8. The Cook Islanders are Maoris, a branch of the Polynesian race.
    库克岛人是毛利人（Maoris）和波利尼西亚血统的分支。
  9. Most islanders engage in subsistence activities ranging from fishing to the growing of food crops.
    多数岛民参与从钓鱼到食用农作物的生产活动中。
  10. Despite their differences, the islanders coexist peacefully.
    尽管他们有差异，岛上居民还是和平共处。
  11. A strong continuity of tradition and custom had guided the redoubtable islanders of the Far East across the centuries.
    传统和习俗的牢固延续，曾经引导这些可畏的远东岛民度过许多世纪。
  12. Or perhaps the islanders grew so used to the work that they just couldn't stop themselves.
    或者是岛上居民可能变得太习惯这个工程了，以至于他们完全阻止不了自己。
  13. As for people, well, the Solomon islanders may have a point.
    但是，对人来说，所罗门群岛上的人所做的或许有些道理。
  14. Over ninety percent of the islanders here are illiterate.
    这儿的岛民，百分之九十以上都是文盲。
  15. Your people being long islanders?
    你的人是长岛人？
  16. Issues of territorial sovereignty and self-determination for the Islanders are also in play.
    领土主权以及离岛人民的自决同样涉及其中。
  17. The islanders are trying to protect the island's indigenous plant and animal life.
    岛民们正努力保护岛上的本地植物和动物。
  18. Islanders were engaged to collect and dry the textiles.
    岛上的人在忙于收集和晒干纺织原料。
  19. The combined prevalence of overweight and obesity was highest in African Americans and Latinos, intermediate in whites, and lowest in Asians-Pacific Islanders.
    超重和肥胖的联合比率在非洲裔和拉丁裔的美国人中最高，在白人中其次，而在亚洲-太平洋岛屿裔的美国人中最低。
  20. Pacific Islanders, many living on coral atolls, are among those most at risk.
    太平洋岛屿上的居民有很多住在珊瑚礁岛上，他们面临的危险是最大的。
  21. It says many Pacific islanders have replaced their traditional diets of vegetables and fruits with imported processed foods.
    他们表示，许多太平洋岛国居民已经用进口加工过的食品取代了传统的蔬菜和水果等饮食。
  22. Many islanders moved to the mainland for this reason.
    有很多岛上的居民因此而搬到美国大陆上去居住。
  23. The island may have since prospered, but the original islanders did not.
    也许该岛本来就可以兴旺的，只是原住民没能帮上忙。
  24. Many aborigines and islanders were moved had their land taken away from them.
    许多土著居民和岛民被迁走了，他们的土地被剥夺了。
  25. He has worked among the islanders for three years.
    他在岛民中工作了三年。
  26. This scenario has been well documented in Pima Indians, Mexican Americans, and Pacific Islanders.
    这种情况在印第安人、墨西哥裔美国人和太平洋岛民中已有很多报道。
  27. Unaware of the attack but suspicious, the islanders took him into custody while treating him with hospitality.
    岛民还未知道偷袭事件，但起了疑心，一面殷勤款待，一面把他拘留。
  28. The islanders are demanding home rule.
    岛上居民要求地方自治。
  29. But hospitality has turned to hostility among many islanders for whom the burdens of French rule outweigh the blessings.
    但是，这种盛情已经变成了不友善，法国人规定的负荷超过了大多数岛上居民所能承受的重量。
  30. Scientists may have theories, but most Pacific islanders believe that the coconut palm is of supernatural origin.
    或许科学家们在理论上有所解释，但大多数太平洋群岛上的住民都认为椰子树是超自然物种。
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