Caribbean

Caribbean

[kæri'bi(:)ən]

adj. 加勒比人的；加勒比海的；加勒比語的
　　n. 加勒比海

中文詞源：

Caribbean 加勒比海地區

來自加勒比海土著語言，義為勇敢的男人。

例句：

1. The couple married in the Caribbean to avoid a media circus.
為瞭擺脫媒體的關註，這對新人在加勒比喜結連理。

2. British forces in the Caribbean were being decimated by disease.
加勒比海地區的英國部隊有大批的人病死。

3. "Sight Savers", founded in 1950, now runs projects throughout Africa, the Caribbean and South East Asia.
創始於1950年的國際防盲及救盲組織如今在非洲、加勒比海地區和東南亞各地都開展項目。

4. Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean, an area that the United States has long regarded as its own backyard.
古巴是加勒比地區最大的島嶼，美國長期以來一直把它看作自己的後院。

5. Then came an invitation to Martinique , an island in the French Caribbean. It was chance of a lifetime.
然後被邀請到法屬加勒比海的馬提尼克島, 這真是千載難逢的機會.