Diamond interprets them as power displays by rival chieftains who, trapped on a remote little island, lacked other ways of asserting their dominance.

戴蒙德将其解释为敌对酋长的权力展示，他们被困在一个偏远的小岛上，没有其他方式可以维护自己的统治地位。

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Our task is to liberate this little island.

我们的任务是解放这个小岛。

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Corsica, a little island which has rendered France very great.

科西嘉。一个使法兰西变得相当伟大的小岛。

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It said the bridge should extend from the little island to San Francisco.

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He wrote a long and detailed history of Britain, attempting to create the meaning of that little island that he always assumed was God's chosen nation.

他写了一部长而具体的英国史，试图论证这座小岛的重大意义,他一直相信英国是上帝所选的国度。

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It's like a little island in London that feels very different from everything else,

它像是伦敦的一个小岛，感觉和其它地方不一样，

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Even before we have laid down our bags, however, the little island has begun to weave its spell.

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Even though Bimini is still a sleepy little island, change is coming fast.

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Earlier this year, father and daughter team Yannis and Rozalin Vlatakis, hoteliers from Greece, opened a sophisticated eco-resort on the little island of Seraya.

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