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 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。
• Whaling went into dramatic decline, beginning around 1900.
  从1900年前后开始，捕鲸业戏剧性地衰退了。
• To take a firm stance on whaling.
  在猎鲸问题上立场坚定。
• 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。
• A whaling ship equipped to process whale products at sea.
  用于处理捕到的鲸鱼的捕鲸船。
• Protocol to the International Convention for the regulation of whaling;
  国际捕鲸管制公约议定书；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。