gunboat
n. 炮艦,炮艇
A gunboat is a small ship which has several large guns fixed on it.
1. a small shallow-draft boat carrying mounted guns; used by costal patrols
Japanese politicians condemned China's gunboat tactics and warnedof the risk of conflict.
日政界指責中方的炮艦政策,並警告由此導致衝突的風險.
After six decades of gunboat diplomacy, any detente is to be welcomed.
經歷了60載的炮艦外交後, 兩岸關係任何形式的緩和都是值得歡迎的.
There is also a deeper logic to China's experiment in gunboat diplomacy.
而且中國的炮艦外交實驗有更深層的邏輯.
The fire of our artillery troops raked their gunboat.
我方炮兵部隊的炮火向他們的炮艇掃射.
In the days when gunboat diplomacy was tool of world powers ( Christian Science Monitor ).
在那些世界強國喜歡進行炮艦外交的時期 ( 基督教科學箴言報 ).