of or relating to Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) or its people or culture;

"Sri Lankan beaches"

"Sri Lankan forces fighting the Sinhalese rebels"

a native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka

we believe under the leadership of the sri lankan government, the sri lankan people will certainly overcome the floods and rebuild their beautiful home.

我们相信，在斯里兰卡政府领导下，斯里兰卡人民一定能够战胜洪灾，重建美好家园。

on the streets of colombo, some people hoisted the sri lankan flag and set off firecrackers in celebration.

欢呼的人群高呼他是斯里兰卡的民族英雄。在首都科伦坡的街道上，一些人高举着斯里兰卡国旗，燃放鞭炮，以示庆祝。

rather than cheer a government victory over the tigers, many tamils would mourn what they would see as a defeat for their hopes of a fair deal in the sri lankan polity.

与其为政府军打败猛虎组织而欢呼，许多泰米尔族人也许应该为他们和平处理斯里兰卡政治问题的希望破灭而感到悲哀。

these men are literally rebuilding the sri lankan railway.

这些人正在勤勤恳恳地重建斯里兰卡的铁路。

the sri lankan team was an obvious target.

很明显，斯里兰卡的运动员是打击目标。

it seems like a courtroom drama made for bollywood: the sri lankan hedge-fund kingpin pursued by a fellow immigrant, the indian-born u.s. attorney for manhattan.

这简直像宝莱坞(bollywood)的一出法庭剧：斯里兰卡的对沖基金首脑被一个移民「老乡」调查──出生于印度的美国曼哈顿地区联邦检察官巴拉拉(preet bharara)。

besides china, sri lankan peacekeepers are probably the only other forces which grow only one kind of vegetable in their base.

斯里兰卡的维和人员或许是中国之外的唯一在营地种植蔬菜的部队，但他们只种一种蔬菜。

over the years, abusive behaviour by the sri lankan army and the refusal of the government to offer genuine political concessions to tamil demands have done much to sustain the dreadful tigers.

过去数年来,斯里兰卡军队过分的行为,和政府拒绝为泰米尔人的需要提供真切的政治妥协, 为恐怖的猛虎组织的存续,提供了极多的协助.

sheth, british with sri lankan roots, has an open gash on his foot.

sheth是英籍斯里兰卡人，他的一只脚被划了很深的一道口子。

as a display of contempt towards the sanctity of humanitarian assistance, a massacre, blamed on sri lankan soldiers, of 17 locally hired aid workers last summer takes some beating.

作为一种蔑视人道救援神圣性的展示，去年夏天斯里兰卡士兵对17名当地救援工作雇员的屠杀可谓是最好的一种方式了。

kiribath is the closest sri lankan thing we have to a risotto. made on special occasions, kiribath is a perennial favourite.

kiribath是斯里兰卡人常吃的与意大利调味饭最相似的东西，只有在特殊场合下才做，但是我们常年爱吃的饭。

the imf also expects sri lanka to boost exchange-rate flexibility, which could suggest that further unwelcome (from the sri lankan perspective) depreciation lies ahead.

国际货币基金组织同样也希望斯里兰卡能够加强汇率灵活度，而这并不收到欢迎（从斯里兰卡的观点出发）货币即将贬值。

the alleged double standards of those criticising the sri lankan government, however, do not begin to answer their three chief complaints.

尽管声称批评斯里兰卡政府者采用了双重标準，他们的三点主要谴责仍未得到回应。

other people to take to the plinth on the first day include jill gatcum, 51, a consultant from london and suren seneviratne, a 22-year-old sri lankan student and artist.

其他第一天即将登场的人还包括51岁来自伦敦的咨询顾问jillgatcum，22岁来自斯里兰卡的学生艺术家surenseneviratne等。

but sri lankan tamils should also rejoice.

然而斯里兰卡的泰米尔人也应该高兴。

sri lankan wildlife officials are stunned -- the worst tsunami in memory has killed around 22, 000 people along the indian ocean island「s coast, but they can」t find any dead animals.

带走2.2万斯里兰卡人生命的大海啸让人胆战心惊，但同时也把斯里兰卡的野生动物官员们搞胡涂了，因为直到目前为止，他们还没有发现任何一只野生动物的尸体。

sri lanka's almost wholly literate inhabitants, 75% of them sinhalese and 12% sri lankan tamils, share an understandable pride in their island.

斯里兰卡几乎所有识字的居民——75%是锡兰族人，12%是泰米尔斯里兰卡人——共同拥有对这个岛屿的可被理解的自豪。

the two single biggest influences on sri lankan music are from buddhism and portuguese colonizers.

两种对斯里兰卡音乐最大的影响来自佛教和葡萄牙殖民者。

the devil bird, or ulama, is a frightening horned bird of sri lankan folklore.

恶魔鸟，或乌力马，是斯里兰卡民间传说中一种吓人的有角的鸟。

over 60 refugees are reported to have been killed by shellfire in north-eastern sri lankan on wednesday april 8th.

据报导，4月8日星期三，在斯里兰卡的东北地区超过60名平民被炮火杀害。

a sri lankan newsman pays dearly

斯里兰卡的新闻记者代价惨重