flotilla

noun

1. 船队；小型舰队
   a group of boats or small ships sailing together

1. 小型船队;(通常指)小舰队
   A flotilla is a group of small ships, usually military ships.

1. Captain Watson this morning announced the existence of a secret third ship in the Sea Shepherd flotilla.
   沃特森船长在今早宣称，“海洋守卫者”舰队将派出第三艘秘密船只。
2. The speed of a flotilla is not determined by the fastest ship, but the slowest one.
   一个船队，决定它速度快慢的不是那个航行最快的船只，而是那个最慢的船只。
3. Israel has rejected international calls for an outside investigation into its assault on an aid flotilla that tried to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip.
   国际社会要求对以色列袭击企图冲破加沙地带封锁线的救援船只事件进行外部调查，以色列拒绝了该要求。
4. The findings of the Israeli commission differ sharply from a United Nations report last September that accused Israel of using excessive force in the flotilla raid and violating international law.
   以色列委员会这份报告的调查结果和联合国去年9月所做的调查有很大出入。联合国的报告指出，以色列在船队突袭事件中使用了过度的武力，违反了国际法。
5. Israel has warned journalists to travel with a flotilla of boats trying to break Israel's blockade of Gaza that they could be banned from working in Israel for10 years.
   以色列警告试图乘船穿越以色列对加沙地带封锁线的记者，他们将被禁止在以色列工作十年的时间。
6. We go flotilla cruise in the aegean.
   我们随小船队漫游了爱琴海。
7. Turkey's own commission of inquiry said it was surprised, appalled and dismayed by the Israeli report and went on to list its arguments for the illegality of the assaults on the flotilla.
   土耳其自己的调查委员会表示他们对以色列这份报告感到非常惊讶，震怒，失望，并继续为以色列袭击该舰队的非法性作出论证。
8. N.report into last year's killing of nine Turks during an Israeli operation to stop a flotilla ships trying to break its blockade.
   这份报告是关于以色列去年在拦截试图突破其封锁的一个舰队的行动中打死了9名土耳其人。
9. Regional tensions have been running high since Israeli commandos intercepted an aid flotilla trying to break the blockade six weeks ago.
   六个星期前，以色列突击队拦截一个试图冲破以色列封锁的援助船队，致使这一地区的紧张局势升级。
10. So the conclusion of the Israeli inquiry that neither the government nor the commandos who boarded the flotilla were at fault has received a predictably negative response here.
    因此，以色列调查结果所说的政府和登上舰队的突击队员都没有错的说法引发了可以预测到的否定情绪。
11. But flotilla organizers say the sea blockade of humanitarian aid, basic staples and medicine is illegal and immoral.
    可是，这个船队的组织者说，对人道主义援助、基本的食物和药品的封锁是非法的和不道德的。
12. The boat, called the Audacity of Hope, is part of a flotilla planning to take humanitarian aid to Gaza in order to challenge the Israeli blockade of the Palestinian territory.
    这艘“无畏希望号”（theaudacityofhope）是计划向加沙地带运送人道主义援助，挑战以色列对巴勒斯坦领土封锁的舰队的一部分。
13. The report concluded that Israel used excessive force against the flotilla, though its blockade of Gaza was legal.
    报告认为，以色列在针对这个舰队的突袭行动中使用了过度的武力，不过其对加沙水域的封锁是合法的。
14. On Jerusalem's busy Ben Yehuda Street, a man says the Israeli military acted in the interest of protecting its citizens when it intercepted the flotilla.
    在耶路撒冷繁忙的本耶胡达大街上，这名男子说，以色列军队拦截船队的行动是出于保护本国公民的利益。
15. Turkey is furious after a United Nations report charged that Israel used excessive force in a commando raid on a Gaza aid flotilla last year in which nine Turkish activists were killed.
    联合国发布的一份报告指责说，去年以色列别动队在对开往加沙地带的救援船只进行突袭行动时使用了过度的武力，导致9名土耳其活动人士被杀。土耳其对此表示愤怒。
16. The ship sailed from Greece six weeks after Israeli commandos intercepted an international aid flotilla trying to break the three-year-old Gaza blockade.
    在这艘船从希腊启航前六个星期，以色列突击队拦截了试图冲破加沙封锁的一个援助船队，九名亲巴勒斯坦人的活动分子遇害。
17. He said that by trying to break the blockade, flotilla activists took the law into their own hands.
    他说，试图打破这一封锁，是船队活动分子擅自行事。
18. He said flotilla activists wielding clubs and knives attacked the Israeli commandos, who used lethal force because their lives were in danger.
    他说，船队上的活动分子挥舞着大棒和刀对以色列突击队发动了袭击。突击队员使用了致命武器，因为他们的生命受到了威胁。
19. The Israeli government eased the blockade of the Gaza Strip following intense international pressure after nine activists were killed in an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
    在以色列袭击一个驶往加沙的救援船队并导致9人死亡后，以色列终于在国际压力下决定放松对加沙地带的封锁。
20. With military helicopters hovering above and a flotilla of escort ships alongside, the USS San Francisco returned to Guam on Monday. helicopters and parking apron equipment;
    星期一，美国海军旧金山号核潜艇在空中盘旋的直升机和一支水面舰队的护航下回到关岛。直升飞机及停机坪设备；
21. A more diverse flotilla is urgently needed.
    而中国迫切需要一支更加多元化的船队。
22. His immediate concern was the flotilla of minesweepers several miles ahead.
    他眼前最关心的是前面几英里的那支扫雷艇小分队。
23. The Israeli forces attacked the flotilla of six vessels from helicopters and warships just before dawn in international waters between Cyprus and the Gaza coast.
    在昨日破晓时分，以色列军队动用直升机和军舰在塞浦路斯和加沙之间的国际水域袭击了这支拥有6艘船的船队。
24. The flotilla, which will carry pro-Palestinian activists from more than a dozen countries, is planning to set sail this week.
    该船队将搭载来自十多个国家的支持巴勒斯坦积极分子，计划于本周启航。
25. The United States and United Nations have urged flotilla organizers to use established channels to deliver aid to Gaza, drawing an angry response from Palestinian officials and flotilla organizers.
    美国和联合国已敦促这个船队的组织者使用现有的渠道向加沙运送救援物资，对此，巴勒斯坦官员和船队组织者作出了愤怒的反应。
26. Akram Bader, a Palestinian spokesman for the flotilla, says that is nonsense.
    这个船队的巴勒斯坦发言人巴德说，这完全是胡说八道。
27. Israeli commandos stormed the flotilla which was trying to break Israel's naval blockade on Gaza, killing eight Turks, one Turkish-American and sparking international outrage.
    以色列突击队袭击了一艘试图打破以色列对加沙地带海上封锁的船队，造成九名亲巴勒斯坦的活动人士死亡，引发了国际社会的谴责。
28. A violent scenario could unfold if Israel carries out its threat to intercept the flotilla, which could set sail this week from European ports.
    这个船队可能于本周从欧洲港口起航。如果以色列真像其威胁的那样拦截这个船队的话，就会出现暴力局面。
29. Market squalls have tossed some of the bigger vessels in the euro-zone flotilla, includingItalyandSpain.
    市场的风暴却在欧元区的舰队里撼动了较大的船只，其中包括意大利和西班牙。
30. The statue will be honored with a flotilla of ships in New York Harbor, musical performances, speeches, a cake and a massive fireworks display.
    届时将有纽约港的船队出场，还将有音乐表演、演讲、一个生日蛋糕和大型烟火表演。

noun

1. a fleet of small craft

2. a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships