whaling

英 [ˈweɪlɪŋ]

美 [ˈweɪlɪŋ]

n.  捕鲸(业)

现在分词：whaling　

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

• 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。
• 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。
• Australia sent the Oceanic Viking to the Antarctic last month to collect evidence that could be used in international court action against the Japanese whaling program.
  澳大利亚上个月曾派遣‘大洋洲维京人号’前往南极收集证据，并可能在反对日本捕鲸计划的国际法庭行动中使用有关证据。
• The Commission is calling for a global ban on whaling.
  委员会要求全球禁止捕鲸。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Just pretend it's a whaling ship and.
  就当作是在捕鲸船上。
• 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。
• Two anti-whaling protesters who boarded a Japanese whaling ship in the Southern Ocean have been released.
  两名登上日本在南冰洋上的捕鲸船、反对捕鲸的抗议者被释放。