Almiro's boat had sailed out to the middle of the bay to fish for mackerel.

阿尔米罗的船已驶向海湾中部去捕鲭鱼。

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I'm not trying to fish for sympathy.

我不是在博取同情。

youdao

Monsanto "s soya beans were apparently fed to fish for 10 weeks before being approved."

Monsanto的大豆在获得批准之前，曾用了10周时间进行喂鱼试验。

youdao

We stopped in the afternoons to fish for a few minutes in little rivers turned black by the acid of cypress trees.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

And so fish doesn't become a food to eat because it's good for you; you eat it because it has Omega-3's.

所以我们不是因为鱼好吃所以才吃鱼,而是因为其中含有ω-3脂肪酸

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But officials are fishing for ideas about what to do with all those fish, which could get pretty smelly.

VOA: special.2009.12.15

It will also give Mr Putin a wider pool in which to fish for talent.

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Nor were behaviour patterns that did not appear to be sporadic (digging for termites, rather than using a stick to fish for them) classified as cultural.

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He is four seats short of one in the current parliament, forcing him to fish for parliamentary support and to compromise over important legislation, including the budget.

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