For over 300 years, the city was called Batavia, the capital of the Dutch East Indies.
逾 300 年来,雅加达冠上了「巴达维亚」一名 乃荷兰於东印度洋的首都。
迷人历史
To obtain the oil in the Dutch East Indies, Japan had to engage in war with the world's two most significant naval powers.
为了获得荷属东印度群岛的石油,日本不得不与世界上两个最重要的海军强国交战。
迷人历史
However, both countries had limited supplies and could not help Japan. With the United States out of the picture, the only realistic source of oil was in the Dutch East Indies.
The Dutch East Indies (or Netherlands East Indies; Dutch:Nederlands-Indië; Indonesian:Hindia Belanda) was a Dutch colony. It was formed from the nationalised colonies of the Dutch East India Company, which came under the administration of the Dutch government in 1800.
近义、反义、联想词
近义词
n.
country, state, land
英英词典
dutch east indies n.
a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions