high seas  

high seas

high seas 

n. [地理] 公海;远海 

Some plunderers pirated the passengers' properties on the high seas. 一些抢劫犯在公海以海盗方式掠夺旅客的财物。
Global recession, nuclear proliferation, terrorism, piracy on the high seas – these are threats that affect all of us, including China. 全球衰退、核扩散、恐怖主义、公海上的海盗活动——这些威胁影响到我们所有人,包括中国。

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  • n. [地理] 公海;远海
  • 1. Some plunderers pirated the passengers' properties on the high seas.

    一些抢劫犯在公海以海盗方式掠夺旅客的财物。

  • 2. Global recession, nuclear proliferation, terrorism, piracy on the high seas – these are threats that affect all of us, including China.

    全球衰退、核扩散、恐怖主义、公海上的海盗活动——这些威胁影响到我们所有人,包括中国。

  • 3. There's just a feeling that it's high time the world's most populous nation took its rightful place on the high seas.

    只是这样的一种感觉,这是一个重要的时刻,这个世界上人口最多的国家在公海上获得了其应有的地位。

  • high seas (n.) late 14c., from sea (n.) + high (adj.) with sense (also found in the Latin cognate) of "deep" (compare Old English heahflod "deep water," also Old Persian baršan "height; depth"). Originally "open sea or ocean," later "ocean area not within the territorial boundary of any nation."
the ˌhigh ˈseas / ; NAmE / noun [plural ] ( formal or literary) the areas of sea that are not under the legal control of any one country 公海 ˌhigh ˈseas / ; NAmE /
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