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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And went off on a whaling ship as an ordinary seaman.
  去当了一个普通水手，然后跟着一艘捕鲸船消失了。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Commission is calling for a global ban on whaling.
  委员会要求全球禁止捕鲸。