Islanders have campaigned for the abolition of one of the three tiers of municipal power on the island.
岛民们已经发起了运动，要废除该岛3级市政权力中的1级。
The rate of liver cancers among those islanders increased sharply.
这些岛民的肝癌发病率急剧上升。
When the islanders cleared the forests for firewood and farming, the forests didn't grow back.
当岛民把森林砍伐成木柴和农田时，森林没有再长回来。
Hunt and Lipo contend that moai-building was an activity that helped keep the peace between islanders.
亨特和利波认为，建造摩艾岛的活动有助于维持岛上居民之间的和平。
The islanders' local language is still classed by UNESCO as critically endangered because only 1,000 people speak it.
岛民的本土语言仍然被联合国教科文组织列为极度濒危语言，因为只有1000人说这种语言。
Many older theories implicitly deprecated the navigational abilities and overall cultural creativity of the Pacific islanders.
许多较早的理论含蓄地贬低了太平洋岛民的航海能力和综合文化的创造力。
The wide diversity of Asian Americans was overlooked; there was very little mention of South Asians or Pacific Islanders, for example.
亚裔美国人的多样性被忽视了；比如，很少有人会提到南亚裔或太平洋岛民这种说法。
Islanders from all over the Pacific learned to use the stars for navigation, and they passed this knowledge down from generation to generation.
来自太平洋各地的岛民学会了用星星来导航，并且他们将这一知识代代相传。
DNA teased from these human remains may help answer one of the most puzzling questions in Pacific anthropology: did all Pacific islanders spring from one source or many?
从这些人类遗骸中提取的DNA可能有助于回答太平洋人类学中最令人困惑的问题之一：所有太平洋岛民是来自一个源头，还是不同源头呢？
Pacific Islanders realize the problem.
太平洋岛原住民意识到了这个问题。
Because great numbers of people go there, the islanders have built elaborate resorts, developed harbors and airfields, improved the beaches and have expanded sea and air routes.
由于很多人去那里，岛民们建造了精心设计的度假村，开发了港口和机场，改善了海滩，并扩展了海路和空路航线。
They think its population grew rapidly and then remained more or less stable until the arrival of the Europeans, who introduced deadly diseases to which islanders had no immunity.
他们认为岛上的人口增长迅速，然后保持或多或少的稳定速度来增长，直到欧洲人的到来引进了岛上居民对其没有免疫力的致命疾病。
The islanders fled and Tenedos became deserted once more.
岛民逃走了，特尼多斯岛再次被遗弃。
The islanders live by fishing.
岛民以捕鱼为生。
That used to be the staple crop of the islanders.
那以前是岛民的主要作物。
Like us, Sicilians are islanders - tough and maritime.
同我们一样，顽强的西西里人也是岛民——沿海而居。
Find out the islanders' views before making a decision.
作决定以前，要弄清岛上居民的意见。
The reason for the carving remains as unknown as the islanders.
雕刻的原因就如同岛上的人一样不为人所知。
Despite their differences, the islanders coexist peacefully.
尽管他们有差异，岛上居民还是和平共处。
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。
The radio stations communicated the storm warning to the islanders.
无线电台把风暴警报传送给岛上的居民。
Climate change will have a big impact on the health of islanders, according to a new report.
最新研究表明，气候的变换将会对生活在岛上的居民的健康状况产生很大的影响。
Thirty years ago the islanders scratched a living from infertile soil, salt pans and fishing.
三十年前岛民在贫瘠的土地上艰苦生活，晒盐和牧渔。
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。
But it still raised a devastating tsunami (see picture above) that killed more than 400 islanders.
但是，地震随后引发了一次破坏力极强的海啸(见上图)，导致400多位岛民死亡。
The scheme is dividing islanders and causing alarm among wildlife and heritage conservationists.
这个计划正分割岛民且，惊扰了野生动物和自然遗产保护论者。
It is believed that there are a further 37,000 Cook Islanders living in New Zealand and Australia.
居住在新西兰和澳大利亚的库克岛人更有可能达到37,000人之多。
It is believed that there are a further 37,000 Cook Islanders living in New Zealand and Australia.
居住在新西兰和澳大利亚的库克岛人更有可能达到37,000人之多。
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