岛民

In 1982, Eddie Mabo and two other Torres Strait Islanders took legal proceedings to claim the traditional rights to the land they had been living on. In 1997, 4 months after Eddie Mabo died, the High Court found in favour of Mabo.

1982年，埃迪·马博和两名托雷斯海峡岛民提起诉讼，要求法律赋予他们对他们赖以生存的这片土地的所有权。1997年，在马博去世4个月之后，最高法院判马博胜诉。

Although Chen leads a minority government, and the DPP is divided among itself over some issues and has a fondness for pacifistic peace, love and tie-dyerhetoric, he represents a native islander strain that no longer looks at the world in relationship to mainland China.

尽管陈水扁领导的是由少数派组成的政府，而且民进党也因为自身内部问题而分裂以及其略显夸张的坚持&和平、博爱、团结&的口号，但是他的成功却代表了台湾岛民不再想与中国大陆有瓜葛的意愿。

Sinking ship had been spotted offshore, and native-bornislanders are commonly called Conchs. The shell of the seamollusk is a symbol of the island chain, also known as theConch Republic.

早先的居民吹打出一个沉船在岸边的信号，本地岛民通常被叫做海螺，这个海上软体动物的躯壳是岛上生物链的一个象征，也以海螺共和国闻名。

Early settlers blew blasts to signal that a sinking ship had been spotted offshore, and native-born islanders are commonly called Conchs.

早期居民吹响它是打信号表明近海发现一沉船，土生土长的岛民被称为海螺壳。

The island once had a forest of palms, and it has been argued that native Easter Islanders deforested the island in the process of erecting their statues.

岛上曾经有一个手掌的森林，而且有人认为，当地岛民砍伐复活节在搭建过程中的雕像小岛。

At an annual village ceremony to mark the coming of age of 20-year-old islanders, women are forbidden to wear traditional kimonos for fear the differences in quality could reveal their households' economic status.

在年度性的标志年满20岁岛民的仪式上，女人被禁止穿传统的和服，因为担心衣服的质量会透露出她们家里的经济地位。

His book gives a lifelike description of faraway islands, remoter than the most distant places you have ever been to, where people live on fish and fruit.

他的书中生动地描绘了远方的海岛，比你到过的最远的地方还要遥远，岛民靠吃鱼和水果为生。

That's they are all Islanders.

那只有一个，即他们都是岛民。

Some 20,500 islanders were displaced from their homes and 81 people were killed, including three tourists.

有大约20500名岛民流离失所，81人遇难，其中包括3名游客。

Many islanders told me of friends and relatives who have decided to come home after years abroad.

许多岛民告诉我，他们的亲友在旅居海外数年后已经决定要回家了。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。