the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
the nations of the Asian continent collectively
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He kept a journal of his wanderings across Asia. 他记自己漫游亚洲的日记。
The company has begun to scale down its operations in Asia. 这家公司已开始减少在亚洲的业务。
China is a developing country in Asia. 中国是亚洲的发展中国家。
It is a programme beamed at Asia. 这是一个对亚洲地区广播的节目。
Much of Central Asia was appropriated by the tsars only in the nineteenth century. 中亚细亚的大部分地区只是到了十九世纪才被沙皇所吞并。