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 Commission is calling for a global ban on whaling.
  委员会要求全球禁止捕鲸。
• Norway is the only other major whale-hunting nation in the International Whaling Commission.
  挪威是国际捕鲸委员会中的另外一个主要的鲸捕杀国家。
• 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。
• A whaling ship equipped to process whale products at sea.
  用于处理捕到的鲸鱼的捕鲸船。
• New Zealand has condemned Japan's decision to resume whaling in Antarctic waters later this year.
  新西兰政府谴责日本今年将继续在南极海域捕鲸的计划。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。