From 1947 until 1979 they were part of the U. s. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

从1947年到1979年一直为美国在太平洋群岛上的托管地的一部分。

I said I couldget one, but that Samoans invariably spoke English; the country had been anAmerican trust territory for years.

我说，我可以找到一个，但很多莎姆人都能说英语，那个小国在美国的托管下已经很多年了。

The United States recalled that in 1948 under the GATT, it was granted a waiver for duty-free treatment to products of the then Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

美国回顾其1948年就得到了GATT授予的豁免，可以对当时太平洋岛屿托管地的产品给予免税待遇。

It also approved the extension until end of 2016 of the waiver on the United States' duty-free treatments of products from the former Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

同时还批准了美国对来自前太平洋岛屿托管地产品的免税待遇的豁免延至2016年。

Formerly called the Trust Territory, Micronesia possesses only two-thirds the land area of Rhode Island, yet lies scattered over an expanse of ocean comparable to the contiguous United States.

曾被称为托管领土的密克罗尼西亚群岛只占有有罗德岛州陆地面积的三分之二，但它却散布在一片可以和毗邻的美国一样宽广的海域。