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

• The international community agreed to ban whaling, with some exception.
  国际社会同意禁止捕鲸，除了一些例外情况。
• Despite large population drops due to whaling, sperm whales are still fairly numerous.
  虽然由于捕鲸导致了巨大鲸数的减少，抹香鲸的数目仍很巨大。
• 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。
• Australia's anti-whaling film clip accuses Japan of using its scientific whaling program as a cover for commercial hunting.
  澳大利亚反捕鲸电影剪辑指控日本打着科学研究的幌子进行商业捕鲸。
• They said they had been contacted by a whistleblower on board a state-sponsored whaling ship where crew members were illegally receiving boxes of whale meat.
  他们说，一个由国家赞助捕鲸的船上的举报者联系了他们，举报说：船员们已经非法的接受了整箱的的鲸肉。
• In exchange, whaling countries would accept quotas for the number of whales they could kill.
  作为一种交换，捕鲸的国家将会接受捕鲸配额。
• 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。
• 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。
• They cynically tried to trade off a reduction in the slaughter of dolphins against a resumption of commercial whaling
  他们见利忘义地试图以减少屠杀海豚数量作为交换条件，重启商业捕鲸。
• A whaling ship equipped to process whale products at sea.
  用于处理捕到的鲸鱼的捕鲸船。