A privateer was basically a legal British mercenary pirate.

私掠船船员是合法英雇佣海。

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

他们私掠船结束了该地区对英商船袭击。

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

私掠船船员通常只在一段时间内追踪一艘特定船舶。

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

- 1619 年，英私掠船 white lion 在弗吉尼亚州 Point Comfort 登陆。

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上私掠船，例如亨利·摩根或巴巴罗萨，他们代表不同海强行事。

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，最引人注目例子是在内战期间，南部邦联政府说服英为他们装备私掠船。

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.

漫长海外航行充其量是不确定，当法舰与美私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.

开往英美船只很容易被法私掠船俘虏，尽管尼罗河和特拉法加河发生了灾难， 但这些私掠船仍在海上航行。

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事实后，杰伊转向事问题， 支持使用私掠船攻击英航运。

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.

数百私掠船和未成年船长检修英补给船并让英商船一直处于焦虑之中，他们事迹不那么引人注目，但更加与众不同。

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.

它距离主要补给基地近三千英里，尽管英海保持航道畅通， 但运输不断成为大胆私掠船和美舰队牺牲品。