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

• 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。
• 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。
• The organization says bad weather is keeping protesters from continuing their actions to disrupt the whaling near Antarctica.
  这个组织说，恶劣的天气使抗议人士无法持续阻挠他们在南极附近捕鲸。
• Just pretend it's a whaling ship and.
  就当作是在捕鲸船上。
• 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。
• 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。
• They cynically tried to trade off a reduction in the slaughter of dolphins against a resumption of commercial whaling
  他们见利忘义地试图以减少屠杀海豚数量作为交换条件，重启商业捕鲸。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。