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

• 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。
• Japan has rejected demands from overseas that it abandon whaling as hypocritical.
  日本拒绝了国际社会要求其放弃捕鲸的要求，称之为伪善之举。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Last month, another Japanese whaling ship collided with a high-tech trimaran owned by Sea Shepherd.
  上个月，另一艘日本捕鲸船与海洋看守保护协会所属的高科技三体船相撞。
• Just pretend it's a whaling ship and.
  就当作是在捕鲸船上。
• 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。
• 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。