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

看，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.

当土著时不时地里砍几棵树时，这不是一个问题。

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

如果你看看村庄，颜色有点柔和。

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

一个扭曲微笑，像皱纹，其中一个女脸上扭曲。

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而不是该地区华。

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

一些蹲一个小木炭炉旁，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至上论者，以争取其核心成员支持。

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! "

而是一直那里盘旋，最后也没有消失。亚哈用望远镜一瞄，鲸骨腿上就旋孔里一转，叫道：“爬上去，装上滑车，用水桶把帆篷泼湿—朋友，追我们了！”

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.

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（尤其是打击腐败方面）以及对华、印度和多民族社区几乎没有地理优势情况下可以实现目标坚定愿景。