Machine parts were also being shuttled across the border without authorisation.是什么意思？

Machine parts were also being shuttled across the border without authorisation.

机器零部件也在未经批准的情况下出入边境。

machine

n. 机器，机械，机械般的人，核心；vt. 用机器制造，用机器加工；vi. 被机器切削；

例句
A new machine may save thousands of animals from the agony of drug tests...
一种新型机器也许可以将成千上万的动物从药物试验的痛苦中解脱出来。

parts

n. 部( part的名词复数 )，一部分，零件，角色；

例句
The fifteen accused, young men from different parts of England, denied the charges.
被告是15名来自英格兰各地的年轻男子，他们对指控矢口否认。

were

be的过去时复数和第二人称单数形式，有时代替 was,用于条件从句、动词 wish 之后等；

例句
Shops, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze.
店铺、房子和车辆全都陷于火海。

also

adv. 也，同样，并且；conj. 另外；

例句
The media have also abetted the feeling of unreality.
媒体也在一旁对这种非现实感推波助澜。

being

n. 存在，生物，人，要素，本质；

例句
...expensive make-up that we saw being advertised by a beautiful model...
我们所见的由一位漂亮模特代言的昂贵化妆品

shuttled

N-COUNT 同space shuttle；N-COUNT 往来于两地之间的航班(或班车、火车)；V-ERG (使)频繁往来于(两地之间)；N-COUNT (织布用的)梭；

例句
He and colleagues have shuttled back and forth between the three capitals...
他和同事们在这3个首都之间往来穿梭。

across

prep. 穿过，横穿，横过，与…交叉，在…对面；adv. 横过，越过，在对面，交叉，斜对面；

例句
Households accumulate wealth across a broad spectrum of assets...
家庭在以各种各样的资产形式积累财富。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

border

n. 边，镶边，包边，边

例句
Caesar marched north into the forests that border the Danube River.
恺撒挥师北上，深入到多瑙河沿岸的森林地带。

without

adv. 在外部，户外，缺少，没有或不显示某事物；prep. 没有，缺乏，在外面；conj. 除非，如果不；

例句
We shall strike hard, without flinching, at terrorists and those who abet them.
我们要毫不退缩地严厉打击恐怖分子及其帮凶。

authorisation

n. 授权，批准，批准（或授权）的证书；

例句
He had authorisation from the military command to retaliate...
他得到军事指挥部授权，准备反击。