1、whaling

whaling發(fā)音

英：[?we?l??]　　美：[?we?l??]

英：　　美：

whaling中文意思翻譯

常用釋義：捕鯨

v.捕鯨；鞭打（whale的ing形式）

n.捕鯨；捕鯨業(yè)；一陣痛打

n.捕鯨業(yè); 一陣痛打

n.(Whaling)人名；(英)惠林

vt.捕鯨(whale的ing形式); 鞭打

whaling常用詞組：

a whale of a───[美國口語(yǔ)]了不起的，非常大的，極大的；極好的，精彩的

blue whale───[動(dòng)]藍鯨

sperm whale───巨頭鯨；抹香鯨（等于Physeter catodon）

whaling雙語(yǔ)使用場(chǎng)景

1、The whaling fleet began to fill away on a northerly course.───捕鯨船隊開(kāi)始向北乘風(fēng)前進(jìn).

2、The whaling ship came to grief on a hidden rock.───捕鯨船觸礁出了事.

3、With whaling, politics and cash are more important than science.───對于捕鯨, 政治和金錢(qián)要比科學(xué)更加重要.

4、The findings were presented at the International Whaling Commission's ( IWC ) annual meeting.───這些發(fā)現是在國際捕鯨委員會(huì )屆年會(huì )上發(fā)表的.

5、The IWC voted to uphold the ban on commercial whaling.───國際捕鯨委員會(huì )投票支持禁止商業(yè)捕鯨.

6、Hundreds of years of whaling have nearly wiped them out.───幾百年來(lái)的捕鯨幾乎使它們?yōu)l臨滅絕.

7、Norway has been top dog of the whaling business for more than half a century.───挪威執捕鯨業(yè)之牛耳已達半世紀以上.

8、They cynically tried to trade off a reduction in the slaughter of dolphins against a resumption of commercial whaling.───他們見(jiàn)利忘義地試圖以減少屠殺海豚數量作為交換條件，重啟商業(yè)捕鯨。

9、Men went whaling to get the valuable oil, meat, and bones of whale.───人們捕鯨是為了獲得寶貴的鯨油 、 鯨肉和鯨骨.

10、Japanese officials counter that the 1946 convention never anticipated a moratorium on all commercial whaling.───而日本官方則用捕鯨委員會(huì )1946年的公約進(jìn)行反駁,該公約中并未對任何商業(yè)性捕鯨行為進(jìn)行限制.

11、It would reverse the emerging global consensus for whale conservation and inexplicably legitimize commercial whaling.───它將倒轉國際間日漸形成的對于鯨魚(yú)保護的共識并難以理解地使商業(yè)捕鯨合法化.

12、Communities on the island depended on whaling for their livelihood.───島上的居民靠捕鯨為生。

13、Letters sent from the Pole or remote whaling stations are particularly in vogue moment.───目前,從北極點(diǎn)和偏遠的捕鯨站發(fā)出的實(shí)寄封尤其搶手.

14、The international community agreed to ban whaling, with some exception.───國際社會(huì )同意禁止捕鯨, 除了一些例外情況.

15、In 1982 the International Whaling Commission agreed to a moratorium on all commercial whaling.───1982年,國際捕鯨委員會(huì )同意凍結一切商業(yè)捕鯨行為.

16、The boxer is whaling away at his opponent with both fist.───那拳師用雙拳猛擊對手.

17、The commission is calling for a global ban on whaling.───委員會(huì )要求全球禁止捕鯨。

18、Lucy has been whaling away on the typewriter for two hours.───露西不停地打字,已有兩個(gè)小時(shí)了.

19、We have campaigned against whaling for the last 15 years.───我們最近15年一直參加反對捕鯨的運動(dòng)。

20、The uncontrolled whaling may put the whales out of existence.───濫捕鯨會(huì )使鯨絕種.

21、The ban on whaling come up for review in 2008.───捕鯨的禁令在2008年應該進(jìn)行審查.

22、The lookout on a whaling ship has sighted a spouting whale.───捕鯨船上的了望者看到了一頭正在噴氣的鯨魚(yú).

23、It could turn over the early whaling boats with one lash of its powerful tail.───它能用它有力的尾巴猛烈一甩打翻早期的捕鯨船.

24、Countries, such as Australia and New Zealand, that oppose whaling are frustrated.───另一方面, 像澳大利亞和新西蘭這些反對捕鯨的國家卻很沮喪.

25、The Pequod was a fairly small whaling ship the was sailing the next day.───佩廓德號是一條相當小的捕鯨船,次日就要出海了.

26、Gleen Cordinier is curator of the Whaling Museum here in Mystic , Connecticut.───格倫·迪尼埃是此地康涅狄格州米斯蒂克的捕鯨博物館館長(cháng).

whaling相似詞語(yǔ)短語(yǔ)

1、haling───v.用力拖（或拉）；強迫（hale的現在分詞）

2、shealing───羊圈；草棚；茅屋；運動(dòng)員休息室

3、shoaling───n.[海洋]淺水作用；vt.駛入（淺水等）；使變淺（shoal的現在分詞）；vi.（魚(yú)等）成群聚集；變淺（shoal的現在分詞）

4、-haling───v.用力拖（或拉）；強迫（hale的現在分詞）

5、whacking───adj.巨大的，極大的；adv.太，非常；絕對；v.重擊；擊??；草草放下；（非正式）謀殺（whack的現在分詞）

6、exhaling───v.呼氣；發(fā)散；排出（exhale的現在分詞形式）

7、waling───n.[建]支腰梁；v.箍??；使有鞭痕（wale的ing形式）

8、inhaling───v.吸入（空氣、煙等）；吸（氣）；（非正式）狼吞虎咽（inhale的現在分詞）

9、swealing───v.熔化；漸燃；燒光（sweal的ing形式）

2、whale in danger

Whales face a number of human threats such as commercial whaling, climate change, pollution, over fishing, ozone depletion, noise, being struck by ships and commercial whaling.

Over fishing threatens whales’ food supply, and whales can become entangled in fishing gear.

Climate change

The devastating impacts of climate change are already being felt across the globe and the oceans are not immune.

In particular, species that inhabit polar regions are likely to be impacted more acutely because the temperature rises predicted for polar regions are significantly higher than global averages.

The Southern Ocean around Antarctica, where a large proportion of the world's great whales feed, is already being affected, as observed by the substantial melting and collapses of the Larsen A and B ice shelves.

Higher temperatures reduce sea ice and impact the entire Antarctic marine food web. Sea ice forms a highly productive environment, with single celled plants known as phytoplankton growing in high densities under the ice.

Phytoplankton feed small crustaceans including krill, which in turn feed most Antarctic species including the great whales. A reduction in sea ice implies a reduction in krill and therefore, food for whales.

Toxic contamination

Ocean pollution is contaminating whales. In some areas, whale blubber has been found to contain high levels of pesticides and organochlorines such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

The levels are so high that the blubber would be classified toxic waste. PCBs are highly toxic chemicals that are linked to damaging children’s development and affecting reproduction.

Despite all of these threats, some nations, particularly Japan, want to resume commercial whaling.

Commercial whaling

An increasing number of nations in the International Whaling Commission (IWC) are voting for an immediate resumption of commercial whaling. This is a NOT a result of a changing world opinion; it is because the Fisheries Agency of Japan is operating what it calls a 'vote consolidation program'. This gives fisheries aid to developing countries in return for their vote at the IWC.

When the IWC agreed the moratorium on whaling in 1982 it had 37 active members, of which seven supported continued whaling. At the meeting during 2005 in Ulsan, Korea, it had 66 active members and 23 of them voted for an immediate resumption of commercial whaling.

At the most recent IWC meeting on the Caribean island of St Kitts, the pro-whaling nations were able to pass the non-binding but dangerously worded St Kitts and Nevis Declaration by a vote of 33 to 32 with one abstention. This document urges the IWC to resume management of commercial whaling. This was the first vote the whaling nations have won since the moratorium on commercial whaling came in to effect. It was a purely symbolic victory for the pro-whalers, but it still has set a dangerous precedent at the IWC. The IWC is now on a knife's edge as to whether it will continue to protect whales or begin exploiting them once again.

Disappearing species

Expectations for the recovery of whale populations have been based on the assumption that, except for commercial whaling, their place in the oceans is as secure as it was a hundred years ago. Sadly, this assumption is no longer valid.

The blue whales of the Antarctic are still at less than 1 per cent of their original abundance despite 40 years of complete protection.

Some populations of whales are recovering but some are not.

Only one population, the east pacific grey whale, is thought to be near its original abundance but the closely related west pacific grey whale population is the most endangered in the world, hovering on the edge of extinction with just over 100 remaining. The number of Antarctic whales is less than 10 per cent of what it was before whaling began.

Recent DNA evidence shows that the impact of commercial whaling may be even worse than previously thought. Most estimates of historic whale population size have been extrapolated from old whaling figures, but this method is often very inaccurate, argues marine biologist Steve Palumbi of Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station in California, US.

In 2003 Palumbi and his colleagues used DNA samples to estimate that humpback whales could have numbered 1.5 million prior to the onset of commercial whaling in the 1800s. That number dwarfs the figure of 100,000 previously accepted by the IWC based on 19th century whaling records. Humpback whales currently number only 20,000.

IWC figures fail whales

Japanese delegates to the IWC constantly refer to a 1990 estimate of the Antarctic minke population of 760,000. But that figure was withdrawn by the IWC in 2000 because recent surveys found far fewer minkes than previous surveys. The new estimates are approximately half the 1990 estimate in every area that has been resurveyed.

The IWC’s scientists do not understand the reasons for this and so far have not been able to agree a new estimate.

What can we do to save whale?

Environmental protection groups like Greenpeace are campaigning to end commercial whaling.

Individuals should contribute their efforts to help those campaigns to end commercial whaling.

We should also be aware of pollutants in our daily goods and stop using that so as to lessen the chance to further polluting our environment.