gulf

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  • n.海湾；鸿沟；隔阂；波斯湾
  • v.吞没
  • Web深渊；海湾地区；漩涡
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Gulf
n.
1.
[c]
海湾a large area of sea that is partly surrounded by land
the Gulf of Mexico
墨西哥湾
2.
[sing]
波斯湾the Persian Gulf, the area of sea between the Arabian peninsula and Iran
the Gulf States(= the countries with coasts on the Gulf)
海湾国家
3.
[c][ususing]
~ (between A and B)
分歧；鸿沟；隔阂a large difference between two people or groups in the way that they think, live or feel
The gulf between rich and poor is enormous.
贫富悬殊。
4.
[c]
（地面的）裂口，深坑，沟壑a wide deep crack in the ground

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AllAll,海湾海湾,鸿沟鸿沟,隔阂隔阂,波斯湾波斯湾,吞没吞没,深渊深渊,海湾地区海湾地区,漩涡漩涡
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1.
It has shored up vulnerable gulf states and, up to this point, contributed to hopes for U. N. action to end the war.
西方的介入给脆弱的海湾区国家予有力的支持，并且到目前为止，带来了联合国采取行动终战争的希望。
xī fāng de jiè rù gěi cuì ruò de hǎi wān qū guó jiā yǔ yǒu lì de zhī chí , bìng qiě dào mù qián wéi zhǐ , dài lái le lián hé guó cǎi qǔ xíng dòng zhōng zhàn zhēng de xī wàng 。
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2.
For now, at least, the Gulf states -- and their economies -- seem to have dodged a bullet.
至少到目前为止，海湾各国和他们的经济似乎已经躲过了一劫。
zhì shǎo dào mù qián wéi zhǐ , hǎi wān gè guó hé tā men de jīng jì sì hū yǐ jīng duǒ guò le yī jié 。
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3.
The company is still the leading driller in the Gulf, and operates more leases there than any other company.
在墨西哥湾地区，该公司仍是重要的钻探公司，它运作的租约比其他任何公司都多。
zài mò xī gē wān dì qū , gāi gōng sī réng shì zhòng yào de zuān tàn gōng sī , tā yùn zuò de zū yuē bǐ qí tā rèn hé gōng sī dōu duō 。
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4.
The counting of dead wildlife in the Gulf is more than an academic exercise; the deaths will help determine how much BP pays in damages.
计算墨西哥湾死亡野生生物数量不仅是项学术活动，还将有助于确定英国石油公司的赔偿数额。
jì suàn mò xī gē wān sǐ wáng yě shēng shēng wù shù liàng bù jǐn shì xiàng xué shù huó dòng , hái jiāng yǒu zhù yú què dìng yīng guó shí yóu gōng sī de péi cháng shù é 。
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5.
Many of you morn the animals in the gulf, but fail to see the total destruction your food animals deal with daily.
你们很多人为墨西哥湾的动物们悲痛，却看不到日常里你们的食用动物所遭受的全部毁灭。
nǐ men hěn duō rén wéi mò xī gē wān de dòng wù men bēi tòng , què kàn bú dào rì cháng lǐ nǐ men de shí yòng dòng wù suǒ zāo shòu de quán bù huǐ miè 。
blog.163.com
6.
For Dubai, just like the other small Gulf sheikhdoms, the economic crisis does not automatically translate into a social issue.
就像海湾地区其他一些小的酋长国一样，对迪拜而言，经济危机并不会自动成为一个社会问题。
jiù xiàng hǎi wān dì qū qí tā yì xiē xiǎo de qiú zhǎng guó yí yàng , duì dí bài ér yán , jīng jì wēi jī bìng bú huì zì dòng chéng wéi yī gè shè huì wèn tí 。
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7.
Bahrain was perceived to be a liberal oasis in the Persian Gulf, with a robust banking sector and a per capita income to rival Europe's.
巴林被视为波斯湾的自由绿洲，拥有健全的银行业和与可与欧洲竞争的人均收入。
bā lín bèi shì wéi bō sī wān de zì yóu lǜ zhōu , yōng yǒu jiàn quán de yín háng yè hé yǔ kě yǔ ōu zhōu jìng zhēng de rén jūn shōu rù 。
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8.
And in 1995, after four years of deception, Iraq finally admitted it had a crash nuclear weapons program prior to the Gulf War.
1995年，在进行了四年的欺瞒之后，伊拉克终于承认在海湾战争前曾有一个重点核武器计划。
yī jiǔ jiǔ wǔ nián , zài jìn xíng le sì nián de qī mán zhī hòu , yī lā kè zhōng yú chéng rèn zài hǎi wān zhàn zhēng qián céng yǒu yī gè zhòng diǎn hé wǔ qì jì huà 。
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9.
Now the company is said to be in talks with Norway's StatoilHydro about a deal in the Gulf of Mexico.
现在据说这家公司正在与挪威国家石油公司（StatoilHydro）磋商在墨西哥湾的一项交易。
xiàn zài jù shuō zhè jiā gōng sī zhèng zài yǔ nuó wēi guó jiā shí yóu gōng sī ( StatoilHydro ) cuō shāng zài mò xī gē wān de yī xiàng jiāo yì 。
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Researchers have collected the bodies in an attempt to determine whether the turtles died due to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
研究人员已经收集了这些死海龟的尸体，他们试图确定它们的死因是否与墨西哥湾漏油事件有关联。
yán jiū rén yuán yǐ jīng shōu jí le zhè xiē sǐ hǎi guī de shī tǐ , tā men shì tú què dìng tā men de sǐ yīn shì fǒu yǔ mò xī gē wān lòu yóu shì jiàn yǒu guān lián 。
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