The city gained prominence as a whaling and trading center due to its accessible harbor, and it continues to attract transpacific tourist ships today.这个城市由于拥有优良的海港，从而依靠捕鲸和贸易而获利颇丰，今天它也在不断吸引那些横渡太平洋的船来此地停泊。
If his proposals had been accepted, Japan would have been safe from transpacific attack, and could have pursued her ambitions in the China seas without fear.如果他的提议被接受了，日本将不会受到来自太平洋彼岸的攻击，它就可以无所顾忌地在中国海域实现它的野心了。
