attached island

基本解释

It made Scot, the mini country of Britain Island attached great importance in the international relation.
它使苏格兰这个一隅小国在国际关系中起了重要作用。
Although often thought of as a single island, the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong is actually made up of numerous islands as well as a section of land attached to the Chinese mainland.
尽管经常被认为是一个单独的小岛，香港特别行政区实际上是由无数的小岛组成的，并作为连接大陆的一部分。
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With the city's growth, the banks of the island became ripe for change into a prime industrial site attached by a bridge to the heart of downtown.
随着城市的发展，海岛沿岸改建为重要的工业基地，并有大桥与市中心相连。

The island remains attached to France by a thin cord woven from three threads—aid, terror and the sacred nature of the unitary state.
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Both sides fear that young Cypriots, with no memory of a united island, are less inclined than their parents to compromise—and less attached to lost property.
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