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marque2/mɑ:k/n. hist. reprisals [史义]报复 □ letter of marque (in full 全称 letter of marque and reprisal) 1 a licence to fit out an armed vessel and employ it in the capture of an enemy's merchant shipping (捕拿敌方商船的)特许证 2 a ship carrying such a licence (有捕拿敌方商船特许证的)特许捕拿船 [Middle English via French from Provençal marca, from marcar ‘seize as a pledge’] |