群岛

这个拥有60个岛屿的偏远群岛现在是一个天然的实验室。

The remote archipelago of 60 islands is now a natural laboratory .

在这个群岛上工作的研究人员发现，没有老鼠的岛屿周围的珊瑚礁要健康得多，鱼的数量也多，而且体积也明显更大。

The researchers working on the archipelago found that rat-free islands ' reefs were much healthier , with more and significantly larger fish .

赫布里底群岛位于苏格兰本土的西面。

The Hebrides are to the west of the Scottish mainland .

我理想中的极乐是在巴哈马群岛度假一个月。

My idea of bliss is a month in the Bahamas .

他从巴哈马群岛回来时看上去健康得令人眼红。

He looked disgustingly healthy when he got back from the Bahamas .

香料群岛曾是西班牙的领地。

The Spice Islands were within the Spanish domains .

关于设得兰群岛，见小地图。

For the Shetland Islands , see inset .

我们花了两个星期乘船游览巴哈马群岛。

We spent two weeks cruising the Bahamas .

他们确定了去群岛的航线。

They set a course for the islands .

安斯特岛是不列颠群岛中最北的一个。

Unst is the most northerly island in the British Isles

这些岛屿位于千岛群岛的南端。

The islands lie at the southern end of the Kurile chain .

设得兰群岛是水獭在不列颠群岛上最后的栖息地。

Shetland is the last stronghold of otters in the British Isles .

设得兰群岛以其众多的海鸟而闻名。

The Shetlands are famed for their colonies of sea birds

在巴利阿里群岛上，零星散布在岛内的村庄和那里的生活平静而祥和。

In the Balearics pockets of rural life and inland villages are undisturbed

他的尸体在离加那利群岛不远的海上被发现。

His body was found at sea in waters off the Canary Islands .

该群岛上的美国部队受到了严重打击。

The American military presence on the islands had suffered a crippling blow .

阿留申群岛是北太平洋上一长串呈弧形排列的小岛。

The Aleutian chain is a long arc of islands in the North Pacific .

海峡群岛是英国和法国的帆船运动爱好者夏日最爱去的地方。

The Channel Islands are a favourite summer haunt for UK and French yachtsmen alike .

他说他一到加那利群岛就会设法写信或者打电话来。

He said he would try to write or call as soon as he reached the Canary Islands

西班牙将菲律宾群岛割让给美国。

Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States .

西沙群岛是由珊瑚礁构成的。

The Xisha Islands are formed of coral reefs .

在开曼群岛宜人的气候下,原本应该流下来的钱反而蒸发了。

Money that was meant to have trickled down has instead evaporated in the agreeable climate of the Cayman Islands .

《泰晤士河群岛》，由米兰达·维克斯所著。

Eyots and Aits — Thames Islands , by Miranda Vickers .

在16和17世纪，欧洲水手到达了波利尼西亚群岛。

In the 16th and 17th century , European sailors arrived on the islands of Polynesia .

瓦努阿图群岛向游客提供了世界上最为刺激惊险的两项活动：火山冲浪和陆潜。

Vanuatu 's islands offer visitors two of the most exciting and dangerous activities in the world : volcano surfing and land diving .

该群岛包围由珊瑚礁封闭的浅水清澈泻湖

The Islands are by shallow crystal clear lagoons enclosed by coral reefs .

不列颠群岛的地质

the geology of the British Isles

在印度洋上的热带岛屿查戈斯群岛上，鸟叫声遍布这个无鼠地带。

On the tropical Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean , this is the sound of rat-free territory – teeming1 with birdlife .

在这次从英国到福克兰群岛的考察中，卡茨亚使用了一个本质上适合远洋探索的巨大滤筛，滤网的网眼十分细密，在不同的地点滤过海平面以下200米内的海水。

On that expedition from the UK to the Falklands , Katsia used what 's essentially1 a large ocean-going sieve2 with a very fine mesh3 to drag through the top 200 metres of the sea at different locations .

中国建筑工程总公司（chinastateconstructionengineering）在巴哈马群岛的庞大酒店、赌场和度假中心项目已破土动工。

China State Construction Engineering has broken ground on a huge hotel , casino and resort complex in the Bahamas .