英语释义

1. the occupation of catching and extracting commercial products from whales

2. the job or business of hunting whales

片语

a whale of a了不起的

Norwegian Whaling挪威捕鲸

beaked whale突吻鲸；剑吻鲸；喙鲸

right whale[脊椎] 露脊鲸

Whaling Museum捕鲸博物馆

whale shark[鱼] 鲸鲨

killer whale【动物】逆戟鲸，[脊椎] 虎鲸

blue whale[脊椎] 蓝鲸

whaling port捕鲸港

whaling g捕鲸

humpback whale座头鲸；驼背鲸

Scientific Whaling科研捕鲸

whaling agreement捕鲸协定

whaling winch捕鲸绞机

whale meat鲸鱼肉

whaling ship捕鲸船

white whale[脊椎] 白鲸

sperm whale巨头鲸；[脊椎] 抹香鲸（等于Physeter catodon）

英汉例句

• 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。

• for the past several years he「s been trying to stop the hunt in taiji, one of japan」s iconic whaling towns.

  在过去的几年里，他曾经试图阻止太地的捕杀行为，这里是日本捕鲸的代表符号。

• the details are still being debated, but the deal would involve a yearly quota of whale catches and would require whaling vessels to have international observers on board.

  虽然协议的具体细节还在讨论当中但可以确定的是该协议将给出一项捕鲸年限额并要求捕鲸渔船必须有国际监督员随行。

• the state whaling company is kept afloat with cheap loans and subsidies.

  国有捕鲸公司的存在也仰赖于低息贷款和补贴。

• as the steve irwin approached the equator last week, word that japan would be sending a strengthened whaling fleet to antarctica next month reached the bridge of the old aberdeen-built customs vessel.

  海洋守护者协会的「史蒂夫-欧文」号由英国阿伯丁制造，过去是海关缉私船。上星期它在赤道附近，收到消息说下个月日本将派遣一个加强的捕鲸舰队到南极。

• she shared that iceland resumed commercial whaling in 2006, and dramatically increased its self-allocated quotas in 2009 to include 150 fin whalesannually.

  她告诉我冰岛从2006 年恢复了商业捕鲸，并在2009 年大幅提高了其自定的限额，每年含150 头长须鲸。

• the town of lahaina is a national historic district, with timeless charm and a variety of important historic sites that take one back to the days when the town served as an important whaling port.

  拉海纳镇是一个国家历史区，具有历史悠久的名胜和各种重要的历史遗迹，可以将人们带回到小镇作为重要捕鲸港口的时代。

• most important to the proposal's supporters, it would end the global deadlock on whaling and once again give the iwc control over the practice. "the u.

  对于该协议的支持国来说最为重要的是，这协议将中止全球关于捕鲸方面的僵局并再一次使得iwc的控制权付诸于实践。

• iceland’s commercial whaling policy is considered archaic and cruel by the rest of the world and we ask the u.s. to impose trade sanctions against it.

  冰岛的商业捕鲸政策在世界其他地区都被认为是过时而残忍的，我们请求美国对其施加贸易制裁。

• not all whale species are protected under the 1986 commercial whaling ban; here, a bottlenose whale is prepared for delivery as japanese men cut meat into manageable blocks.

  鲸鱼中并不是所有的种类都受到1986年商业捕鲸禁令的保护；眼下，日本人将一头巨齿槌鲸肉切成易处理的块状準备运送出去。

• if ultimately, the matter about whaling cannot be resolved diplomatically, then we reserve our rights to initiate international legal action.

  如果捕鲸一事最终未能通过外交途径解决，届时我们将保留采取国际法律行动的权利。

• humane society international, another environmental group, won a rulingfrom the federal court in australia on january 15th that whaling in thesanctuary was illegal and should stop.

  1月15日，另一个环保团体，国际人道组织在澳洲联邦法院赢得一纸裁决——在保护区中捕鲸违法并应当停止。

• and, when sea shepherd is not on the scene, whaling attracts scarcely any interest among the wider population, largely ignorant of foreign disapproval.

  而且当海洋守护协会不在前台时，捕鲸活动几乎不会引起广大群众的关心，他们大部分对外国的反对一无所知。

• in addition, a new whale sanctuary would be established in the south atlantic, although no whaling actually occurs there now.

  除此之外，在南大西洋将建立一个新的鲸鱼保护区，虽然目前还没有在那里发现捕鲸行为。

• and we urge all countries, especially our friends in japan, to bring their whaling programs to an end.

  我们力劝所有的国家，尤其是我们在日本的朋友们，请停止你们的鲸鱼项目。

• and then comes whaling and dolphin-slaying, where the cultural gap with much of the western world appears at its widest.

  然后就是对鲸鱼和海豚的捕杀，在这点上，日本与西方世界的文化差异从未如此之大。