MINTIMER SHAIMIEV has ruled Tatarstan, a large Muslim republic in the heart of Russia, for two decades with a soft voice and a tight fist.
鞑靼斯坦是俄罗斯中部一个幅员辽阔的穆斯林共和国，明季梅尔•沙伊米耶夫用外柔内刚的方式统治这里已有20年了。Imagine Silicon Valley in 1999 times a huge sprawling country and population, and that? s what I? m wading into for the next two weeks.
想象1999年的硅谷乘以巨大幅员和人口基数，那就是我在未来两周将投入的一个世界。As a result of its vast size, the Milky Way can boast at least one planet with intelligent life.
银河系幅员辽阔，因而能够容纳至少一个具有智能生命的行星。it was long shrouded in mystery, called " the Dark continent" by Europeans in awe of its massive size and impenetrable depths.
它长期被神秘所笼罩，因其辽阔的幅员和难以穿越的纵深而为欧洲人所敬畏。被称为“黑大陆”。China locates in the East Asia; it has huge spread of territory and large population as well as long history.
中国地处东亚，幅员辽阔，人口众多，历史悠久。Mao is still revered in China for uniting a vast country much of which had been divided up by warlords and foreign invaders.
毛泽东在中国依然被许多人所崇敬，因为他在军阀混战、列强割据的局面下统一了这个幅员辽阔的国家。Transportation has conquered the vastness of the land and brought together people living thousands of kilometers apart.
交通运输已经克服了土地的幅员辽阔，相隔千里的人因此仿佛毗邻而居。China is a country with a long history and ancient civilization. It has rich natural resources and a large population.
中国是一个幅员辽阔，地大物博，历史悠久，民族众多的文明古国。Tibet is in the southwestern frontier of the motherland, with a vast stretch of land and a most important strategic position.
西藏地处祖国西南边疆，幅员辽阔，战略地位非常重要。