barbary

基本解释

These Barbary corsairs were a very strong group of pirates and were like terrorists to the shipping industry.
这些巴巴里海盗是非常强悍的海盗团体，对于航运业是极大的威胁。
Thomas Jefferson refused to pay off the Barbary rulers so that American ships would not be attacked and sent a young American Navy to bombard Tripoli.
当时，托马斯.杰斐逊拒绝向巴巴里统治者支付赎金，为了保障美国船只不被袭击，他派出一只年轻的海军炮轰第黎波第。
In fact, in a span of less than a decade, Barbary Coast corsairs plundered nearly 500 merchant vessels, commandeering the ships and selling the crews and passengers into slavery.
事实上，在不到 10 年的时间里，Barbary Coast 海盗就抢劫了近 500 艘商船，霸占船只，将船员和乘客卖为奴隶。

But it was not until eighteen fifteen and the Second Barbary War that the power of the Barbary pirates was broken.
The Barbary States, as they were known, demanded payment for the release of hostages and safe passage of American ships.
The First Barbary War stopped piracy against American ships for a time.

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