flotilla

英 [fləˈtɪlə]

美 [floʊˈtɪlə]

n.  船队; 小型舰队

复数：flotillas　

BNC.16922 / COCA.21074

牛津词典

noun

• 船队；小型舰队
  a group of boats or small ships sailing together

柯林斯词典

• 小型船队;(通常指)小舰队
  Aflotillais a group of small ships, usually military ships.

英英释义

noun

• a fleet of small craft
• a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships

双语例句

• A violent scenario could unfold if Israel carries out its threat to intercept the flotilla, which could set sail this week from European ports.
  这个船队可能于本周从欧洲港口起航。如果以色列真像其威胁的那样拦截这个船队的话，就会出现暴力局面。
• The United States and United Nations have urged flotilla organizers to use established channels to deliver aid to Gaza, drawing an angry response from Palestinian officials and flotilla organizers.
  美国和联合国已敦促这个船队的组织者使用现有的渠道向加沙运送救援物资，对此，巴勒斯坦官员和船队组织者作出了愤怒的反应。
• The boat, called the Audacity of Hope, is part of a flotilla planning to take humanitarian aid to Gaza in order to challenge the Israeli blockade of the Palestinian territory.
  这艘“无畏希望号”（theaudacityofhope）是计划向加沙地带运送人道主义援助，挑战以色列对巴勒斯坦领土封锁的舰队的一部分。
• Akram Bader, a Palestinian spokesman for the flotilla, says that is nonsense.
  这个船队的巴勒斯坦发言人巴德说，这完全是胡说八道。
• Israel has rejected international calls for an outside investigation into its assault on an aid flotilla that tried to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip.
  国际社会要求对以色列袭击企图冲破加沙地带封锁线的救援船只事件进行外部调查，以色列拒绝了该要求。
• The flotilla, which will carry pro-Palestinian activists from more than a dozen countries, is planning to set sail this week.
  该船队将搭载来自十多个国家的支持巴勒斯坦积极分子，计划于本周启航。
• Turkey's own commission of inquiry said it was surprised, appalled and dismayed by the Israeli report and went on to list its arguments for the illegality of the assaults on the flotilla.
  土耳其自己的调查委员会表示他们对以色列这份报告感到非常惊讶，震怒，失望，并继续为以色列袭击该舰队的非法性作出论证。
• On Jerusalem's busy Ben Yehuda Street, a man says the Israeli military acted in the interest of protecting its citizens when it intercepted the flotilla.
  在耶路撒冷繁忙的本耶胡达大街上，这名男子说，以色列军队拦截船队的行动是出于保护本国公民的利益。
• The Israeli forces attacked the flotilla of six vessels from helicopters and warships just before dawn in international waters between Cyprus and the Gaza coast.
  在昨日破晓时分，以色列军队动用直升机和军舰在塞浦路斯和加沙之间的国际水域袭击了这支拥有6艘船的船队。
• He said flotilla activists wielding clubs and knives attacked the Israeli commandos, who used lethal force because their lives were in danger.
  他说，船队上的活动分子挥舞着大棒和刀对以色列突击队发动了袭击。突击队员使用了致命武器，因为他们的生命受到了威胁。