英汉词典

1.A Saudi Arabian supertanker, the Sirius Star, was seized by Somali pirates about 450 nautical miles off the Kenyan coast on November 15th.

11月15日，沙特阿拉伯的“天狼星”号巨型油轮在距肯尼亚海岸450海里的地方被索马里海盗劫持。

2.Looking more like a beached supertanker than the usual stone-walled pagoda-hatted plant, it is intended to pour out 10m litres of whisky a year.

这座工厂摆脱了通常的宝塔顶加石墙的样式，看起来更像一条搁浅的超级油轮，其目的是争取威士忌年产量达到1000万公升。

3.The American economy is like a supertanker that, even in calm waters, changes direction very slowly.

美国经济就像一艘超级油轮，即使海面风平浪静，想要改变航向还是很缓慢。

4.They set a system in wrong directions, and it's like steering a supertanker.

他们在错误的方向设置了一个系统，这就像驾驶一艘超级油轮。

5.Last month, pirates extracted millions of dollars for the release of a Saudi supertanker, the Sirius Star, hijacked 450 miles out to sea in November carrying about $100m worth of oil.

上个月，海盗们在榨取了上百万美元的赎金后释放了沙特阿拉伯的超级游轮——天狼星号。 它在11月距海岸450英里处被劫持时携带了价值1亿美元的石油。

6.Demography is like a supertanker; it takes decades to turn around.

人口问题就像一个超大油轮，它需要几十年才能改变方向。

7.The Somali pirates have hijacked more than a dozen ships and crews, including a Saudi Arabia-owned supertanker laden with crude oil. They want $10 million in ransom for the tanker.

来自“非洲之角”——索马里的海盗在国际海运航道上为非作歹，他们已经劫持了十几艘船，并将船员扣为人质；其中包括一艘沙特阿拉伯石油公司下属的超级油轮。

8.Saudi Arabian supertanker, the Sirius Star, was seized by Somali pirates about 450 nautical miles off the Kenyan coast on November 15th.

11月15日，沙特阿拉伯的“天狼星”号巨型油轮在距肯尼亚海岸450海里的地方被索马里海盗劫持。

9.A supertanker continues to gush oil off the coast of Spain.

西班牙海岸附近的一艘超级油轮仍在大量漏油。