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Indians were sent out to become contract laborers on Malaya's rubber plantations, or to work as indentured serv-ants in the West Indies.

印度人作为合同劳工被派遣到马来半岛的橡胶种植园，或者到西印度群岛做契约佣工。

He also did not anticipate running into a landmass before he reached the East Indies.

在自己真的到达印度之前，他也没有意识到自己到达了一个新大陆。

The only force able to interfere with a Japanese drive into the East Indies? The U. S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor.

而能够阻止日本人开进东印度群岛的唯一力量就是美国驻珍珠港的太平洋舰队。

It was in search of Cathay and the Indies, their riches, that spurred Columbus to sail west, where he found a new continent instead.

正是为了寻找那时的中国和印度，为了那里的财宝，才激发哥伦布向西远航，而他却因此发现了一片新大陆。

Divers and fish hover over the remains of a ship that broke up on one of the many shallow reefs around the Cayman Islands, West Indies.

水下沉船残骸图片。潜水员和鱼类徘徊在一艘遗骸的船舶解体之上，在其中的许多浅层岛礁周围，开曼群岛，西印度群岛。

When Cortez arrived to what he believed to be the Indies, he discovered an enchanted world of resources and wide commercial practices.

当科尔特斯到了什么，他认为是印度，他发现了一个迷人的世界资源和广泛的商业惯例。

Later buccaneers from the West Indies began to sail the waters of the Caribbean Sea and stole from any ship that they found.

后来，西印度群岛的海盗前往加勒比海域，从所有他们发现的船只中进行劫掠活动。

His mother was the daughter of French Huguenots who had settled in the West Indies. Her name was Rachel Lavien.

他的母亲是已经迁移到西印度群岛的法国雨格诺教徒的女儿，她的名字叫雷切尔。莱温。

I shall begin like plenty of energetic men who have gone to the Indies young , without a penny , and have come back rich .

我学那些苦干的人的榜样，年轻时身无分文上印度，变富了回来。

He spends the winter in the West Indies and summer in England, commuting back and forth like the migrating swallows.

他在西印度群岛过冬天，在英国过夏天象定期移栖的燕子一般固定来回。

During all his trips, Columbus explored islands and waterways, searching for a passage to the Indies.

在他的各次航海旅行中，为了找到通往印度的通路，哥伦布探索的岛屿和水路。

He died still believing that he had found a new route to the East Indies.

到死时他仍相信他找到了一条通向东印度群岛的新路线。

Since then, he, as a member of the British Navy, was involved in the French West Indies fleet operations.

其后，他作为英国海军的一员，参与了在西印度群岛对法国舰队的作战。

'You want somebody to send to the West Indies, you were saying, ' observed Mr Dombey, hurriedly.

“您刚才说，您要派一个人到西印度群岛去，”董贝先生急忙说道。

Betel Either of two different plants that are widely used in combination for chewing purposes in southern Asia and the East Indies.

两种不同植物的总称，在南亚和东印度，人们广泛把它们拿来咀嚼。

Pumpkin had been raised by the Indians centuries before Columbus reached the west Indies. They had baked it with honey.

早在哥伦布到达西印度群岛之前的几个世纪里，印第安人就已在种植南瓜了，他们把蜂蜜加在上面烘烤着吃。

But Columbus called these islands the Indies because he thought he had finally reached Asia (and the East Indies).

但是哥伦布以为自己终于抵达了亚洲（及东印度群岛），就将这片群岛称为印度群岛。

an island state in the West Indies; an independent state within the British Commonwealth.

位于西印度向风群岛的一岛国；英联邦中的一个独立国家。

HMV's logo famously shows a terrier listening intently to a gramophone; even the indies hope the top dog regains its form.

HMV著名的商标上画了一只小狗专心的听着古老的唱片机；甚至那些独立唱片公司都希望“领头狗”能够重镇威武。

All the land was under the control of the Dutch East Indies Company and anyone caught selling land, however small, was executed.

（岛上的）所有土地都收荷兰东印度公司掌控，任何人出售土地，哪怕只是一点点，都会被处决。