whaling
英 [ˈweɪlɪŋ]
美 [ˈweɪlɪŋ]
n. 捕鲸(业)
现在分词：whaling
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.- ...a ban on commercial whaling.
禁止商业性捕鲸的禁令 - ...the whaling industry.
捕鲸业
- ...a ban on commercial whaling.
双语例句
- Japan considers whaling to be a cultural tradition which it says it only undertakes for scientific research.
而日本则认为，捕鲸是他们的一个文化传统，并称被捕捞的鲸鱼仅用于科学研究。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Protocol to the International Convention for the regulation of whaling;
国际捕鲸管制公约议定书； - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The international community agreed to ban whaling, with some exception.
国际社会同意禁止捕鲸，除了一些例外情况。