"privateer" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 私掠船
• 私掠者

Definition

Privateer 是指在戰爭期間，受政府授權攻擊敵方船隻的私人船隻或船長。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

屬於歷史和正式用語，多用於海事歷史場景。和「海盜」不同，privateer 受政府授權。常見組合：'獲政府許可的私掠船'。

Examples

The privateer sailed under the British flag.

這艘**私掠船**在英國國旗下航行。

A privateer needed permission from the government to attack enemy ships.

**私掠者**需要政府的許可才能襲擊敵船。

The old ship museum has a model of a famous privateer.

老船博物館裡有一艘著名**私掠船**的模型。

Unlike pirates, privateers had official papers to attack enemies.

與海盜不同，**私掠者**有官方文件來攻擊敵人。

That merchant ship was captured by a French privateer during the war.

那艘商船在戰爭期間被一位法國**私掠者**俘獲。

Stories of fearless privateers are still told in old port towns.

在老港口小鎮還流傳著無畏**私掠者**的故事。