A privateer was basically a legal British mercenary pirate.

掠船船员是合法的英国雇佣军海盗。

Their privateers wrapped up their raids on English merchant ships in the region.

他的掠船结束了该英国商船的袭击。

A privateer was usually limited to tracking down one particular ship for a certain period of time.

掠船船员通常只在一段时间内追踪一艘特定的船舶。

In 1619, the English privateer ship, white lion landed at Point Comfort in Virginia.

- 1619 年，英国掠船 white lion 在弗吉尼亚州的 Point Comfort 登陆。

Jersey provided a base for British privateers  who prayed on the French and American Merchant vessels.

泽西岛为在法国和美国商船祈祷的英国​​掠船提供了基。

Sir Francis Drake, a privateer supported by Elizabeth, led raids on Spanish ports and trading ships.

弗朗西斯·德雷克爵士是伊丽莎白支持的掠船，领导了西班牙港口和商船的袭击。

The Zhengs were unlike many other historically-known privateers, such as Henry Morgan or Barbarossa, who acted on behalf of various naval powers.

郑家不像许多其他历史著名的掠船，例如亨利·摩根或巴巴罗萨，他代表不同的海军强国行事。

The breeze now springing up, and the privateer showing lights, we were enabled to get alongside of her in a couple of hours.

现在微风吹拂， 掠船露出灯光，得以在几个小时内与她并肩作战。

During the night, we ran along shore, and, in the morning, took on board the privateer the greater part of the prize's cargo.

晚，沿着岸边跑，第二天早， 把战利品的大部分货物都带了掠船。

So, the most spectacular example of this is during the Civil War, where the Confederate government persuaded the British to outfit for them privateering vessels.

因此，最引人注目的例子是在内战期间，南部邦联政府说服英国为他装备掠船。

Night was now coming on; the privateer had got under weigh, and was standing off-and-on, with a flag of truce flying at her mast-head.

夜幕降临了;这艘掠船负重，断断续续站着， 桅杆飘扬着休战的旗帜。

The long oversea voyages were uncertain at best and doubly so when the warships of France joined the American privateers in preying on supply boats.

漫长的海外航行充其量是不确定的，当法国的军舰与美国的掠船一起捕食补给船时，情况就更加不确定了。

American ships bound for Great Britain were liable to be captured by French privateers which, in spite of the disasters of the Nile and Trafalgar, ranged the seas.

开往英国的美国船只很容易被法国掠船俘虏，尽管尼罗河和特拉法加河发生了灾难， 但这些掠船仍在海航行。

Less spectacular, and more distinctive, were the deeds of the hundreds of privateers and minor captains who overhauled British supply ships and kept British merchantmen in constant anxiety.

数百名掠船和未成年船长检修英国补给船并让英国商船一直处于焦虑之中，他的事迹不那么引人注目，但更加与众不同。

Coming to terms with the fact that the prospects of peace were increasingly remote, Jay turned to military matters and supported the use of privateers to attack British shipping.

认识到和平前景越来越渺茫的事实后，杰伊转向军事问题， 支持使用掠船攻击英国航运。

It was nearly three thousand miles from the main base of supplies and, though the British navy kept the channel open, transports were constantly falling prey to daring privateers and fleet American war vessels.

它距离主要补给基近三千英里，尽管英国海军保持航道畅通， 但运输不断成为大胆的掠船和美国舰队的牺牲品。