by taxi people do not mean the western-style saloon cab but the privately owned 16-seat minibus 「kombi」, used throughout africa as the main form of public transport.
人们乘出租车并不是指西式出租轿车,而是16人坐的私家小型巴士——康比小客车,这是非洲一种主要的公共交通工具。
in a minibus it takes fully 20 minutes from the helicopter landing strip at camp dwyer to the base「s main administrative area.
坐一辆小面包车从德威尔营地直升机停机坪到美军基地的主要行政区域须整整耗时20分钟。
seven people died and 3 were seriously injured after a minibus fell off a mountainside highway in anxi, fujian province, on friday night, xinhua reported saturday.
据新华社16日报道,福建安溪县一辆面包车15日晚翻下山脚,已造成7人死亡,3人重伤。
it」s the best minibus we have had and we are quite satisfied with it.
这是我们买的最好的面包车,我们对它非常满意。
there are no taxis or public transport of any sort, bar the ubiquitous, clapped-out, jam-packed minibus taxis.
这里只有满街跑的小公交,一队一队的,又烂又挤,没有出租车,也没有其它公共交通设施。
the video – which starts 28 seconds in – shows a throng of incensed passengers swarming a minibus moments before a man is dragged out of the vehicle and is set upon by the angry crowd.
录像——28秒开始——一群愤怒的旅客把一个人拉出汽车并且群起攻之,之后拥上了一辆小型公共汽车。
that evening my chinese companion and i climbed into a minibus to go to dinner and a show, one which i had attended many times before.
那天晚上,我和客人爬进一辆微型汽车,準备共进晚餐之后再去观看一场演出,这种演出我以前曾经看过多次。
among the dead were seven women who drowned in a minibus that was taking them to work.
其中有七名妇女在载她们去工作的小型公共汽车上淹死。
and sightseeing was unusually relaxing. when we booked tours, we had not only the monument but the guide and minibus to ourselves.
观光也往往很轻松,我们下订单时不仅订了古迹遗址,还订了导游和小巴士。
the automobile association found that minibus taxis were involved in almost 200 crashes a day, twice the rate of other passenger vehicles owners tend to cut costs by skimping on repairs.
汽车协会发现小型巴士一天发生将近200起撞车事故,所占比例是其他乘用车的两倍。车主往往通过节省维修费来降低成本。
many victims are minibus passengers; a disproportionate number are children.
其中很多受害者都是乘坐的小型巴士,其中儿童伤亡的比例畸高。
they bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.
他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。
in a minibus it takes fully 20 minutes from the helicopter landing strip at camp dwyer to the base’s main administrative area.
如果搭乘小型巴士,只需20分钟就可以从德怀尔营地直升机降落地到基地的核心行政区。
on sundays a minibus leaves hourly from the asia society in manhattan.
周日有从曼哈顿亚裔社区开往博物馆的小型公共汽车,每小时一班。
security forces at a impromptu checkpoint marked by a small minibus wave us by.
驻扎在一个以一辆小面包车为标志的临时检查点中的安全部队挥手让我们通过。
at another, a minibus lay crushed beneath the hulk of a jackknifed truck.
而在另一边,一辆微型车被撞碎,被压在车身已扭曲的卡车下面。
a minibus whisked me from the hotel up to arthur's pass, at some 3, 000ft the highest point on the road-and-rail crossing over the mountains, where i found the train waiting.
一辆小巴把我从酒店送到海拔3,000英尺的阿瑟山口,这里是山上最高的公路与铁路交汇点,火车已经在那里等候。
the boy cycling in the street was knocked down by a minibus and received fatal injuries.
在街上骑车的男孩被一辆小型客车撞到,生命垂危。