The earliest people of New Zealand, the Maori, came from the islands of polynesia in the Pacific, which means many islands.
新西兰最早的居民，毛利人，来自太平洋的玻利尼西亚，玻利尼西的意思是许多岛屿。
高三英语课文
Unit 19 New Zealand
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 人，人类;居民;人民;种族;
vt. 居住于，布满;使住满人，在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
n. 太平洋\\na. 太平洋的, 太平洋沿岸的, 爱好和平的, 安静的, 平息的
近义：noncombatant, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiet, serene
反义：hostile, martial, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent, warlike
n. 方法（ mean的名词复数）;手段;收入;财富;
v. 意味着（ mean的第三人称单数）;引起;打算或注定要某人成为或做某事;
"The inquiry is by no means cut and dried."
调查之事远未盖棺定论。
近义：approach, manner, method, mode, process, strategy