There were already islands called "the East Indies" in the Pacific Ocean.
在太平洋，那里已经有一个叫“东印度”的岛屿。
But Columbus called these islands the Indies because he thought he had finally reached Asia (and the East Indies).
但是哥伦布以为自己终于抵达了亚洲(及东印度群岛)，就将这片群岛称为印度群岛。
The only force able to interfere with a Japanese drive into the East Indies? The U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor.
而能够阻止日本人开进东印度群岛的唯一力量就是美国驻珍珠港的太平洋舰队。
"I have a fine ship, uncle," he said. "Im going out to the East Indies, India, Malaya, the Philippines... Why dont you come with me?"
“我有一艘好船，叔叔，”他说，“我将去东印度、印度、马来西亚、菲律宾……为什么你不同我一起去呢？”
From there he proceeded to the East Indies (Indonesia) and across the Indian Ocean to the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa.
他继续航行，到达东印度群岛(印度尼西亚)，横跨印度洋到达非洲最南端的好望角。
"That is to say," cried Marianne contemptuously, "he has told you, that in the East Indies the climate is hot, and the mosquitoes are troublesome."
“这就是说，”玛丽安带着轻蔑的口气，大声说道，“他告诉过你，东印度群岛气候炎热，蚊子令人讨厌啦。”
When Kidd's activities in the East Indies, as it was then known, threatened the East India Company's business interests, they secured his downfall, said Wareham.
当Kidd在东印度的活动威胁到东印度公司的利益时，他们就把他搞垮了，Ware ham说道。
Later when Columbus' mistake was discovered, Spain renamed them the West Indies, to distinguish them from the Spice Islands (the East Indies), which is in the Pacific Ocean and we now call Indonesia.
后来，西班牙人发现了哥伦布的错误，便把这里改名为西印度群岛，以区别于太平洋上的“香料群岛”(又名“东印度群岛”)，即如今的印度尼西亚。
Patchouli (Pogostemon patchouli) is a two-three foot perennial bush with purple flowers, a member of the mint family native to the East and West Indies.
广藿香 (Pogostemonpatchouli[注])是一种带有两到三英尺高的紫花灌木，属于产自东西印度群岛的薄荷家族中的一员。
In the late eighteenth century, battles raged in almost every corner of Europe, as well as in the Middle East, south Africa ,the West Indies, and Latin America.
在18世纪后期，战争爆发于欧洲大陆的几乎每一个角落，在中东、南非、西印度群岛、拉丁美洲亦都是如此。
Of southeast Asia and east Indies; the largest snake in the world.
产于东南亚和印度东部；世界上最大的蛇。
An island of the U. S. Virgin Islands in the West Indies east of Puerto Rico.
西印度群岛中美属维尔京群岛中的一岛，位于波多黎各东部。
1942 - Japan declares war on the Netherlands and invades the Netherlands East Indies.
1942年的今天，日本向荷兰宣战并入侵荷兰属东印群岛。
1942 - Japan declares war on the Netherlands and invades the Netherlands East Indies.
1942年的今天，日本向荷兰宣战并入侵荷兰属东印群岛。
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