1·Herpetologist Robert Mertens later argued that Varanus probably originated in the archipelago.
爬虫学家罗伯特·默滕斯后来提出，巨蜥属可能起源于这个群岛。
2·In the second variation, called the "vertical archipelago", the village exploits resources in widely dispersed locations, constituting a series of independent production "islands".
第二种变异称为“垂直群岛”，村庄在广泛分散的地点开发资源，构成一系列独立生产的“岛屿”。
3·Because most existing species live in Australia, early researchers concluded that Varanus originated in Australia and subsequently island hopped westward along the Indo-Australian archipelago.
由于现存的大多数物种生活在澳大利亚，早期的研究人员得出结论，巨蜥属起源于澳大利亚，随后沿着印澳群岛向西跳跃。
4·An important archaeological discovery on the island of Efate in the Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu has revealed traces of an ancient seafaring people, the distant ancestors of todays Polynesians.
瓦努阿图太平洋群岛埃法特岛上的一项重要考古发现揭示了古代航海民族的踪迹，即今天的波利尼西亚人的远祖。
5·These carnivores live only on four small islands in the archipelago where, scientists note, the prey base is too small to support mammalian carnivore.
科学家指出，这些食肉动物只生活在群岛中的四个小岛上，那里的猎物基数太小，哺乳类食肉动物无法生存。
1·It is a shocking event that reminds people of some more basic risks that may threaten the economies of the densely-populated and seismically vulnerable Japanese archipelago.
这是一个触目惊心的事例，提醒人们，还有一些更为基本的风险，可能威胁到人口稠密、易受地震冲击的日本列岛上的经济活动。
2·The archipelago's geographical spread, from Hokkaido in the north, to Okinawa, in the south, means that both have, for the most part, been able to coexist.
日本列岛的地形是分散的，从北部的北海道，到南部的冲绳大部分的地区是不相连的。
3·We will not repudiate our duty in the archipelago .
我们将不会放弃我们的责任，在列岛。
4·The Japanese archipelago is on the northern fringe of the monsoon belt.
日本列岛位于季风带北部边缘。
5·Brazil will gather aircraft debris on Fernando DE Noronha, a sparsely populated volcanic archipelago and nature reserve off its northeastern coast.
巴西会在费尔南多·迪诺罗尼亚收集飞机残骸。这一地区人烟稀少，是位于巴西海岸东北方向的一个火山列岛同时也是自然保护区。