Philippines是什么意思？

Philippines

英[ˌfɪlə'pi:nz] 美[ˌfɪlə'pinz]

• n. （用作单）菲律宾；

例句

• In the basketball game China won against the Philippines by the heavy score of 108 to 71. 在那场篮球赛中,中国队以108比71的悬殊比分大胜菲律宾队.
• In the Philippines alone there are more than 7,000 islands and islets. 仅菲律宾群岛就包括大小岛屿七千多个.
• We call people from the Philippines, Filipinos. 我们把来自于菲律宾的人称作菲律宾人.
• We weighed anchor in the afternoon and started for the Philippines. 我们在下午启航,前往菲律宾.
• Wild tribes still inhabit part of the Philippines. 菲律宾部分地区仍然居住着一些原始部落.
• A small buffalo ( Bubalus or Anoa depressicornis ) of Celebes and the Philippines, having short, pointed horns. 倭水牛,矮水牛:西里伯岛和菲律宾的一种小水牛 ( 水牛或倭水牛 ), 有短而尖的角.
• The Philippines needs capital and technology transfer... 菲律宾需要资本与技术转让。
• ...a phased withdrawal of American forces from the Philippines. 美国从菲律宾的分阶段撤军
• The Philippines has just 6,000 square kilometres of forest left. 菲律宾只剩下 6,000 平方公里的森林了。
• The people of the Philippines have voted to elect a new president... 菲律宾人民已投票选举出了一位新总统。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946
  2. an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands