For a Malay, rice is synonymous with food, and its presence is what distinguishes a meal.

在马来人看来，米饭就是食物同义词，不吃它就不叫吃饭。

Malays regard this as a snack rather than as a meal, simply because no rice is eaten.

可马来人却把这看成点心而不是一顿饭，只是因为没有吃到米饭。

This wasn't an issue when the indigenous Malays felled a few trees in the forest every now and then.

当土著马来人时不时地在森林里砍几棵树时，这不是一个问题。

If you look at Malay villages, the colors are kind of pastel.

如果你看看马来人村庄，颜色有点柔和。

Not the type of color, but merely its degree distinguishes the Malay and English servants.

不是颜色类型，而是它度来区分马来人和英国仆人。

A crooked smile, like a Malay crease, writhed across the face of one of the women.

一个扭曲微笑，像马来人，在其中一个女人脸上扭曲。

Asked whether he is a Malay, in that case, he denies the suggestion even more vigorously.

当被问及他是否是马来人时，他更加强烈地否认了这个说法。

Historians say Mr. Lee disagreed with Mr. Abdul Rahman’s support for local Malays over the area’s ethnic Chinese.

历史学家说， 李先生不同意阿卜杜勒拉赫曼先生支持当地马来人而不是该地区华人。

Some Malays were crouching by a little charcoal stove, playing with bone counters and showing their white teeth as they chattered.

一些马来人蹲在一个小木炭炉旁，把玩着骨头柜台，一边喋喋不休地露出洁白牙齿。

Likewise, UMNO hardliners might argue that what is needed now is to bolster support among its Malay core by replacing Mr Najib with a less bashful Malay supremacist.

同样，巫统党内强硬派可能会认为他们需要一个更大胆马来人至上论者，以争取其核心马来成员支持。

Clearly addicted to hierarchies, he quickly establishes that the graceful bodies of Indians are superior to those of the Chinese, which in turn are superior to those of Malays.

显然，他沉迷于等级制度，他很快就确定印度人优雅身体优于华人，而华人又优于马来人。

Levelling his glass at this sight, Ahab quickly revolved in his pivot-hole, crying, " Aloft there, and rig whips and buckets to wet the sails; —Malays, sir, and after us! "

而是一直在那里盘旋，最后也没有消失。亚哈用望远镜一瞄，鲸骨腿马上就在旋孔里一转，叫道：“爬上去，装上滑车，用水桶把帆篷泼湿—朋友，马来人追我们来了！”

The country is a mix of Malay, Indian, Chinese, Arabic, European, Perankean and other cultures, and its landscape is dotted with temples that rub shoulders with mosques and churches.

该国是马来人，印度，中国，阿拉伯语，欧洲，佩兰奇人和其他文化混合，其景观散布着寺庙，这些寺庙用清真寺和教堂擦肩膀。

Of his six subjects, Lee may come closest, with his unflinching realism, ruthlessness (especially in tackling corruption) and unwavering vision of what a multi-ethnic community of Chinese, Indians and Malays, with few geographical advantages, could achieve.

在他六个主题中， 李可能最接近，因为他坚定现实主义、冷酷无情（尤其是在打击腐败方面）以及对华人、印度人和马来人多民族社区在几乎没有地理优势情况下可以实现目标坚定愿景。