on the island

There was a storm bearing down on the island.

一场暴风雨正逐渐逼近该岛。

As the King's representative he took precedence over everyone else on the island.

作为国王的代表，他比岛上其他任何人的地位都要高。

Sugar is an important crop on the island.

糖料作物是这个岛上的一种重要作物。

Islanders have campaigned for the abolition of one of the three tiers of municipal power on the island.

岛上居民发起一场运动，要求废除岛上三级市政管理层中的一级。

The opposing forces on the island have been brought together for peace talks.

岛上的敌对势力已经坐下来进行和平磋商。

Fruit and vegetables grew in abundance on the island.

该岛盛产水果和蔬菜。

A great number of water fowls dwell on the island.

许多水鸟在岛上栖息。

He was the most important person on the island.

他是岛上最有声望的人。

He was her distant relative, as was everyone else on the island, come to think of it

想起来了，他和岛上的其他人一样，都是她的远亲。

Seafood is a speciality on the island.

海味是岛上的特产。

Communities on the island depended on whaling for their livelihood.

岛上的居民靠捕鲸为生。

The Ship-wrecked sailors were able to fit a rough shelter together from building materials that they found on the island.

这些遇难的水手在岛上找到一些建筑材料搭了一个简陋的房子。

There are only two cars on the island.

这个岛上仅有两辆汽车。

Developers are buying up all the land on the island.

开发商们要把岛上的全部土地都买尽了。

All is silent on the island now

此时岛上一片沉寂。

Tourists often disturb the delicate balance of nature on the island.

观光客常常破坏岛上微妙的自然生态平衡。

James struck up a friendship with a small boy who owned a pony on the island.

詹姆斯和小岛上一个养了一匹小马的小男孩儿交上了朋友。

As soon as we arrived on the island we were eager to explore.

我们一来到岛上就急不可耐地开始探胜。

Rough weather would have denied us a landing on the island, for me the high spot of the entire cruise.

暴风雨天气差点使我们无法在岛上登陆，而上岛对我来说正是整个航游过程中最精彩的部分。

There is a shortage of fresh water on the island.

岛上缺少淡水。

He was able to spend only a few days at a time on the island

他每次去岛上都只能呆几天。

There are many different sorts of animal on the island.

岛上有许多不同种类的动物。

"Most of the participants are people who are just walking by or are on the island for other reasons, or they just kind of happen to be there," Alexandra Chasin, artistic director of Writing On It All, tells Smithsonian.com.

“大部分参与者只是路过这里，或因为其他原因来到这座岛上，或者只是恰好在这儿”，“尽情书写”的艺术总监亚历山德拉·査辛告诉史密森协会网站。

We are all wondering why the government is suddenly okaying a brand new school on the island.

我们都很疑惑为什么政府突然批准在岛上建一所新学校。

At one stroke our troops overcome the enemy entrenched on the island.

我军一举歼灭了盘踞海岛的敌人。

He was his distant relative, as was everyone else on the island, come to think of it

哦，对了，他是他的远亲，岛上的其他人也是。

These birds live on the island.

这些鸟生活在这座岛上。

We haven't any shops on the island

我们岛上什么店铺都没有。

For each day he spent on the island, he cut a new notch in his stick.

他在岛上每过一天，就在手杖上刻一个新的记号。

Back on the island, he dedicated himself to politics

回到岛上后，他便投身于政治。