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

• 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'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。
• A whaling ship equipped to process whale products at sea.
  用于处理捕到的鲸鱼的捕鲸船。
• To take a firm stance on whaling.
  在猎鲸问题上立场坚定。
• Protocol to the International Convention for the regulation of whaling;
  国际捕鲸管制公约议定书；
• They said they had been contacted by a whistleblower on board a state-sponsored whaling ship where crew members were illegally receiving boxes of whale meat.
  他们说，一个由国家赞助捕鲸的船上的举报者联系了他们，举报说：船员们已经非法的接受了整箱的的鲸肉。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。