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

在来人看来，米饭就是食物的同义词，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.

你看看来人的，色有点柔和。

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

一个扭曲的微笑，像来人的皱纹，在其中一个女人的脸上扭曲。

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来人而不是该地区的华人。

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的牙齿。

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.

同样的，巫统党内的强硬派可能会认为他们需要一个更大胆的来人至上论者，以争取其核心来成员的支持。

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! "

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

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.

在他的六个主题中， 李可能最接近，因为他坚定的现实主义、冷酷无情（尤其是在打击腐败方面）以及对华人、印度人和来人的多民族社区在几乎没有地理优势的情况下可以实现的目标的坚定愿景。