the Philippine Islands

常见例句

Last night, Japanese forces attacked the Philippine islands.
昨夜日本部隊襲擊了菲律賓群島。
In the Philippine Islands, rice was used as money for a long time.
在菲律賓群島，稻穀在很長一段時間裡都充儅貨幣；
When Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) bought the unit from Citigroup in 1996, Villarosa went over to that bank where he rose to the position of executive vice president and treasurer.
1996年，菲島銀行從花旗集團整躰購買了該部門，維拉羅薩也隨之轉入該行，職位陞至執行副縂裁和財務主琯。

The U.S.support is credited with helping the Philippine government capture or kill key leaders of two Islamic insurgent groups in the country's southern islands, but the VFA has become a target for Filipino leftist and nationalist factions who want it scrapped.

He based this conclusion in part on a flight with the Philippine air force over the Spratly islands, which are claimed by China and five other countries, during which he observed a structure which the Chinese have built on an outcrop called Mischief Reef.
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Because officials were concerned about a terrorist attack on the embattled islands, the presidential airplane, Air Force One, was shepherded into Philippine air space by F-15s.
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