1.The first merchant vessel to sail from New York to Canton in 1784 was on a tea-buying voyage, but the cargo it had to exchange was ginseng.
1784年第一艘由纽约驶往广州的商船就是为了购买茶叶，但它用于交换的货物却是西洋参。
2.Five Somali men convicted of attacking a US Navy ship they mistook for a merchant vessel have been sentenced to life in prison.
五名索马里海盗因袭击一艘美国军舰被判处终生监禁，据悉该团伙将军舰误认为商船。
3.Somali pirates seized control of the German-owned merchant vessel Beluga Fortune in the Indian Ocean on Sunday, Reuters reports.
据路透社报道，索马里海盗于周日在印度洋控制了德国“贝鲁嘉命运号”商船。
4.The Dutch first introduced the fly boat, or flute, a specialized merchant vessel designed to carry bulk commodities14.
当时荷兰人推出了快艇，或称平底凹槽船，一种为运输大宗货物特别制造的商船。
5.The economic & political feasibility of a large, high speed, nuclear merchant vessel in the 21st Century.
21世纪大型、高速、核商品容器的经济和政治可能性…[中国核科技信息与经济研究院]。
6.Mainland warships escorted the Taiwan merchant vessel Yushan through Somali waters in mid-January.
一月中旬，大陆军舰护送着台湾商船虞山号通过索马里海域。
7." Unrestricted" here means warship or merchant vessel, no difference.
“无限制”在这儿意味着军舰或商船，一样对待。
8.How shall I explain this to my master? I should have taken greater measures and not chartered a merchant vessel.
本人怎能向本人的主人解释？本人应该采取更好的措施，而不是像普通商人租一艘船。
9.The first storm, in the middle of the 1st century B. C. , sank a Roman merchant vessel laden with Greek treasures.
公元前一世纪中叶的一场暴风雨，使得一艘满载希腊珍宝的罗马商船沉没。
10.the crew of a merchant vessel.
一艘商船的全体船员。