whaling

英 [ˈweɪlɪŋ]

美 [ˈweɪlɪŋ]

n.  捕鲸(业)

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IELTS

Collins.1 / BNC.13325 / COCA.15560

牛津词典

noun

• 捕鲸（业）
  the activity or business of hunting and killing whales

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 捕鲸
  Whalingis the activity of hunting and killing whales.
  1. ...a ban on commercial whaling.
     禁止商业性捕鲸的禁令
  2. ...the whaling industry.
     捕鲸业

双语例句

• Whaling went into dramatic decline, beginning around 1900.
  从1900年前后开始，捕鲸业戏剧性地衰退了。
• Men went whaling to get the valuable oil, meat, and bones of whale.
  人们捕鲸是为了获得宝贵的鲸油、鲸肉和鲸骨。
• Melville incorporated in "Moby Dick" an exhaustive encyclopaedia of whaling lore.
  梅尔维尔在《白鲸》中汇集了各种捕鲸知识。
• Australia sent the Oceanic Viking to the Antarctic last month to collect evidence that could be used in international court action against the Japanese whaling program.
  澳大利亚上个月曾派遣‘大洋洲维京人号’前往南极收集证据，并可能在反对日本捕鲸计划的国际法庭行动中使用有关证据。
• And went off on a whaling ship as an ordinary seaman.
  去当了一个普通水手，然后跟着一艘捕鲸船消失了。
• The IWC voted to uphold the ban on commercial whaling.
  国际捕鲸委员会投票支持禁止商业捕鲸。
• The organization says bad weather is keeping protesters from continuing their actions to disrupt the whaling near Antarctica.
  这个组织说，恶劣的天气使抗议人士无法持续阻挠他们在南极附近捕鲸。
• Japan considers whaling to be a cultural tradition which it says it only undertakes for scientific research.
  而日本则认为，捕鲸是他们的一个文化传统，并称被捕捞的鲸鱼仅用于科学研究。
• Now that the two Sea Shepherd members have been released, the controversial whaling expedition will resume.
  现在既然已释放了这两名海洋守护协会的成员，他们引发争议的捕鲸活动将继续进行。
• The environmental group Greenpeace has claimed to have driven Japan's controversial whaling fleet out of Antarctic hunting grounds after a dramatic chase through thick fog and rough seas.
  国际环保组织“绿色和平”表示，经过一场在浓雾和巨浪中的追逐，该组织的活动人士已经成功地将日本派出的有争议的捕鲸船队赶出了南极洲的捕猎地点。