supertanker

noun

1. 超级油轮
   a very large ship for carrying oil, etc.

1. N-COUNT 超级油轮;巨型油轮
   A supertanker is an extremely large ship that is used for transporting oil.
   1. An oil slick caused by a spill from a supertanker has hit several beaches.
      一艘超级油轮的石油泄漏形成的浮油膜已经影响了好几个海滩。

1. 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。
2. An oil slick caused by a spill from a supertanker has hit several beaches.
   一艘超级油轮的石油泄漏形成的浮油膜已经影响了好几个海滩。
3. Exxon cruises onward like a supertanker and Royal Dutch Shell has announced only modest cuts to capital expenditure this year, saying that it is not overreacting.
   埃克森美孚像一艘超级油轮一样扬帆前进，而荷兰皇家壳牌石油公司（RoyalDutchShell）已经宣布今年适度削减资本支出，该公司表示，这不是反应过度。
4. South Korean warship is pursuing a supertanker which was hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean.
   韩国军舰正在寻求解救在印度洋被索马里海盗劫持的一艘句型油轮。
5. Demography is like a supertanker; it takes decades to turn around.
   人口问题就像一个超级油轮，要转向得花好几十年的时间按。
6. However, as westerners dealing with China know, the supertanker that is the Chinese economy can only change direction slowly – and will do so largely in response to domestic not foreign pressures.
   不过，与中国打交道的西方人明白，中国经济这艘巨型油轮只能缓慢改变航向，并且基本上只会在国内压力（而非国外压力）的作用下转向。
7. Asked why he prefers investing in mid-market buy-out funds over the "mega buy-out" end of the market, David de Weese, partner at Paul capital, replies: "it is easier to turn a sailboat than a supertanker."
   在被问到为何更愿意投资中型市场收购基金，而非“大型”收购基金时，paulcapital合伙人大卫德威斯（daviddeweese）回答：“帆船比巨型油轮更容易转向。”
8. For Brazil, the message from the metaphor is clear. China is at the helm of the global economic supertanker of the future. It is up to Brazil to decide what role it will play in the voyage and how it wants to pay for the ride.
   对巴西来说，这一比喻传递出的信息十分明显：未来全球经济的超级油轮将由中国掌舵，巴西想在航程中充当什么角色、愿意如何支付船资，将由自己决定。
9. Looking more like a beached supertanker than the usual stone-walled pagoda-hatted plant, it is intended to pour out10m litres of whisky a year.
   这座工厂脱离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。

noun

1. the largest class of oil tankers