We go flotilla cruise in the aegean.

我们随小船队漫游了爱琴海。

CARLITO, a wiry man with greying hair, sits under a palm tree in Mariel, a town on a bay 40km west of Havana, sipping rum and watching a container ship edge out towards the Caribean.|| He recalls seeing a flotilla of smaller boats leaving from this same spot in 1980, carrying thousands of opponents of the Castro regime to Florida in the “Mariel boatlift”.||

||1:Carito满脸疲倦，头发花白，静坐在马里埃尔镇的一棵棕榈树下，这一海湾小镇距离哈瓦那40千米，他抿一口朗姆酒，目送着一只载着集装箱的货船起锚驶向加勒比海。||2:1980年的回忆袭上心头，当时一组略小的船只同样从这里起航，满载着成百上千的卡斯特罗政权的反对者，偷偷从马里埃尔驶向弗罗里达，||

||1:Vietnam first.||2:China sent its new $1 billion rig, the Haiyang Shiyou 981, to drill for oil in waters that Vietnam regards as inside the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) it is entitled to under the international law of the sea.||3:Vietnam demanded that the rig be withdrawn and sent nearly 30 coastguard vessels to try to stop it starting work.||4:A protective Chinese flotilla repulsed them, ramming one and firing water cannon at others.||5:China has declared a three-mile exclusion zone around the rig, larger than is normal.

||1:越南首当其冲。||2:中国运送新的钻井平台“海洋石油981”进行海上石油钻探，平台价值10亿美元。||3:越南认为中方作业区域位于其依国际海事法拥有的专属经济区内，要求中方撤离钻井平台，并派出近30艘海警船试图制止中方再度作业。||4:中国护卫舰队驱逐了越方海警船，撞击一艘并向其余船只发射水炮。||5:此前中方宣布“海洋石油981”钻井平台半径3海里范围为禁航区，这大于正常值。

During last year’s Brexit referendum campaign, a flotilla of trawlermen steamed up the Thames to protest against European Union fishing quotas.

在去年的脱欧公投之中，一群拖网渔船工人的小型舰队出现在泰晤士河上来抗议欧盟的捕鱼配额。

escorted by a Coast Guard vessel, a shipload of camera crews and a flotilla of curious boaters.

在一艘缉私船、摄制组以及好奇船客组成的小舰队的护送下，从旧金山起航。

Undeterred, both firms are trying to scale up, partly by pursuing a flotilla of potential rivals.

这两家公司均试图通过在一定程度上寻求潜在竞争对手的小型船队来扩大其规模。

On May 31, a flotilla of Turkish ships approached the coast of the Gaza strip attempting to deliver aid supplies.

5月31日，一支由土耳其籍船只组成的舰队靠近加沙海岸，他们尝试给当地送去援助物资。

Well, the accompanying flotilla of dorados (up to 50 now) can be seen more easily, their astonishing blueness picked up by torchlight.

伴随我们筏子的剑鱼群能看得更清楚了，（到现在为止差不多有50群了）在手电光的照射下，鱼身的蓝色让人惊叹。

Indeed, Israel says it had repeatedly offered to transfer the flotilla ’s cargo once it docked in the Israeli port of Ashdod.

的确，以色列表示它已反复提出一旦这支船队停靠阿什杜德港，就转交运载的货物。

Russia also sent a small naval flotilla to the Caribbean for joint exercises with Venezuela and Cuba.

俄方也派出了一只小型海军舰队赴加勒比海，与委内瑞拉和古巴进行联合演习。

The country is America’s fourth largest investor. It is participating in many of the festivities, including a big flotilla last month.

荷兰已是美国第四大投资国，并参加了许多庆典活动，包括上个月来的一支舰队。

For a couple of days her explosive remarks competed for air-time with the deadly Israeli raid on the Gaza-bound flotilla .

几天来，她的爆炸性言论与以色列袭击驶往加沙的小型船队并造成伤亡的消息一起在电视上大出风头。

In May a Turkish-led civilian flotilla led by the Mavi Marmara attempted to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza.

今年五月，由土耳其人领导的一支民间船队在蓝色马尔马拉号（MaviMarmara）号引导下试图打破以色列对加沙的封锁。

The attack on the aid flotilla came as American-mediated indirect talks between the Israelis and Palestinians are getting underway.

救援舰队被袭事件发生时，巴以之间正在开展由美国斡旋的间接谈判。

He also called on Ankara to cool its rhetoric about an Israeli raid that killed nine Turks on a flotilla bearing aid for Gaza.

他还呼吁土耳其政府在以色列袭击一事上软化语气，此次袭击造成一个携带援助物资前往加沙的船队9人死亡。

COMPARED with the flotilla of oil and gas platforms in the North Sea, the waters west of the Shetland Islands are virgin territory.

同北海数量众多的石油和天然气平台相比，设得兰群岛的西部海域仍是一片未开发的处女地。

Photo 10 : Gentoo and chinstrap penguins look out on a flotilla of small icebergs in Cooper Bay.

图10：金图企鹅和颊带企鹅在库泊湾望向一队小型冰山。

Flotilla : a fleet of small craft

小型船队

Did it make a real effort to find a compromise with Turkey, which sanctioned the flotilla ?

以色列为寻求与授权该船队的土耳其达成妥协付出努力了吗？

The concert took place the same month as the Gaza flotilla raid, in which nine Turkish activists were killed.

音乐会在加沙船队遇袭的同一个月进行，在该事件中九名土耳其活跃分子被杀。

Asia’s willingness to pay top dollar has prompted a flotilla of cargoes to be diverted from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

由于亚洲愿意支付高价，液化天然气的繁忙运输路线也随之从大西洋转移到太平洋。

The Chinese ships would be joining an international flotilla , which includes vessels from the United States, Russia, Denmark and Italy.

中国军舰将加入由来自美国、俄罗斯、丹麦和意大利的军舰组成的国际舰队。

A central table, 82. 4 metres long, supports a flotilla of model ships.

中央台长82.4米，支托着模型船小型舰队。

On Tuesday, President Obama expressed his “deep regret” over the flotilla incident.

周二，奥巴马总统对袭船事件深表遗憾。

boat flotilla

n.舟艇联队

flotilla leader

船队队长,小分队队长

sweeper flotilla

n.扫雷舰队

customs flotilla

n.海关船队

frieate flotilla

n.护卫航队

flotilla flagship

n.艇队指挥舰

torpedo boat flotilla

n.鱼雷艇支队

flotilla-flagship landing-ship

n.登陆舰队指挥舰

armed merchant marine flotilla

n.武器的商船队

landing ships flotilla flagship

n.登陆艇支队指挥艇