1.捕鲸者;捕鲸船
1.a large boat used for hunting whales
2.someone whose job is to hunt whales
1.Paul Watson, captain of the Sea Shepherd ship tracking the whalers , says he is prepared to keep up the chase for weeks.
保罗沃森船长被海洋看护协会派来跟踪捕鲸船队，他说他已经准备好继续工作几个星期。
2.Japan suspended its annual whale hunt in the Antarctic, after vessels from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society hounded one of its whalers.
在捕鲸船受到海洋守护保育协会船只的阻挠后，日本暂停了本年度在南极地区的捕鲸活动。
3.Whalers once believed that the oily fluid was sperm, but scientists still do not understand the function of spermaceti.
捕鲸的人们一度认为这样油样的液体是精液，但科学家们至今还不清楚它的作用是什么。
4.The Sea Shepherd added a high-speed boat to its fleet this year, making it easier to track and disrupt the whalers' ability to hunt.
今年海洋守护者协会添置了一条快艇，追踪和干扰捕鲸船的能力大大加强。
5.More importantly, perhaps, a motion to hold secret ballots in future (thought to favour the would-be whalers) failed.
更重要的是，即将举行的秘密投票的提议可能会失败。
6.Rather than personal safety, the bigger concern may be whether the Japanese whalers have enough juice to get around while hunting.
与个人安全相比，日本捕鲸舰队面对的更加严峻的问题是：是否有足够的燃料完成捕鲸航行。
7.The 200-odd Antarctic whalers and the bureaucrats that back them are just the kind of special interest the DPJ claims to take on.
这200余名南极捕鲸者和他们背后的官员正是民主党声称要加以管制的特殊利益团体。
8.The incident, in which one activist suffered cracked ribs, marked a dramatic escalation in hostilities between whalers and campaigners.
有一名活动人士在事件中被撞断了肋骨，该事件标志着捕鲸者与反对者之间的敌对情绪升级。
9.But the quota was for nine whales, and whalers killed just seven and could not find a market for the meat, he said.
他说，配额数量为九头鲸，而捕鲸者只捕杀到七头，而且找不到卖鲸肉的市场。
10.Meanwhile, conservationists like Paul Wilson are preparing for another round of potentially dangerous confrontation with whalers.
在这同时，保育人士为可能再一次和捕鲸者发生冲突作准备。