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殖民地的人们拿起武器反抗英国统治者。 The colonists took up weapons to rebel against the British ruler.
殖民地人民反抗他们的英国统治者。 The colonists revolted against their British ruler.
法国一度是占有殖民地的强国. France was once a colonial power.
以前的许多殖民地现已成为独立的国家. The former colonial possessions are now independent states.
古罗马人在整个欧洲建立了殖民地. The ancient Romans founded colonies throughout Europe.
纳闽岛马来西亚婆罗洲东北海岸的一座岛屿。有一段时期曾为英国的直辖殖民地(1848年以后),1963年成为马来西亚的一部分 An island of Malaysia off the northeast coast of Borneo. At one time a British crown colony(after1848), it became part of Malaysia in1963.