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

• 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。
• 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。
• Protocol to the International Convention for the regulation of whaling;
  国际捕鲸管制公约议定书；
• 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。
• 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 and New Zealand have condemned Japan's decision to resume whaling in the Southern Ocean.
  澳大利亚和新西兰谴责日本要在南冰洋恢复捕鲸的决定。
• 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。
• 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。
• Critics say it is commercial whaling in all but name.
  批评人士说，捕鲸完全是商业目的，只是用了不同名目罢了。
• 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。