America used to be a British colony.

美国曾经是英国的殖民地。

youdao

"I should have sent him as ambassador to Great Britain or maybe a former British colony," he said.

“我本该派他去英国或者一个前英国殖民地担任大使的。”他说道。

youdao

Mauritius was a British colony for almost 200 years, excepting for the domains of administration and teaching, the English language was never really spoken on the island.

毛里求斯作为英国殖民地已有近200年的历史，除了在行政领域和教学领域，岛上从未真正使用过英语。

youdao

Both countries claimed land that bordered the British colony of Guiana on the northeast coast of South America.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

This is also -I keep thinking how British we are; this is New England and this is the United States, a former British colony.

这也是...,我常想,我们真的很"英国",这里称为新英格兰地区,而美国过去也是英国的殖民地

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The American people, well, America used to be a British colony

美国人，美国曾经是英国的一个殖民地，

英国的首相们 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Maryland has had the death penalty since 1638 when the territory was a British colony.

BBC: US state of Maryland votes to abolish death penalty

Hong Kong, a British colony until 1997, has a comparatively high degree of autonomy from Beijing.

BBC: Hong Kong court hears transsexual wedding case

In 1973, the Bahamas attained full independence within the Commonwealth, having been a British colony since 1783.

CNN: Thursday,