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

• Critics say it is commercial whaling in all but name.
  批评人士说，捕鲸完全是商业目的，只是用了不同名目罢了。
• 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。
• Just pretend it's a whaling ship and.
  就当作是在捕鲸船上。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A whaling ship equipped to process whale products at sea.
  用于处理捕到的鲸鱼的捕鲸船。
• The Japanese whaling fleet is warning environmentalists to stay away from its Southern Ocean hunt this year.
  日本捕鲸船队警告环境保护者们远离他们今年在南部海洋的捕鲸行动。
• In practice, most of the meat from such whaling ends up on Japanesedinner tables.
  实际上，大部分来自这种捕鲸业的肉，最终都上了日本人的餐桌。