Australia

UK:  [ɒ'streɪlɪə]

US:  [ɔ'streljə]

n.

1.澳大利亚〔大洋洲〕

2.澳洲

1 . Turkey is a developed country with a per capita GNP just a little lower than Australia.
土耳其是一个发达国家，人均国民生产总值仅比澳大利亚低一点的。

2 . The number of boat people trying to reach Australia continues to surge, with a new boat recently found.
坐船偷渡到澳大利亚的人数持续增加。最近又有一艘新的小船被发现。

3 . Earlier this summer, Jo Thompson, a mother of five, wrote of her dream to travel overland to Australia. Now she is ready to set off.
今年初夏，裘.汤姆森这位五个孩子的母亲曾经写过她的梦中之旅——走陆路去澳大利亚。

4 . Were Australia not a producer of raw materials, we would be experiencing a good deal more of it.
假如澳洲不是原材料的生产者，我们将能感受到比这更好的交易。

5 . With its vast, uninhabited coastline, mainland Australia would seem to have ample room to take over the task itself.
凭借广阔而且无人居住的海岸线，澳大利亚大陆似乎有足够的空间来自己接受这个任务。