white flag

英 [ˌwaɪt ˈflæɡ]

美 [ˌwaɪt ˈflæɡ]

n.  白旗(承认失败并愿意停战的标志)

法律

牛津词典

noun

• 白旗（承认失败并愿意停战的标志）
  a sign that you accept defeat and wish to stop fighting
  1. to raise/show/wave the white flag
     举起 / 打出 / 摇动白旗

英英释义

noun

• flag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a truce
  Synonym:flag of truce

双语例句

• You will see a helicopter with a white flag.
  会有架直升机，挥着白旗来。
• He have to show the white flag at the end of the debate.
  辩论到最后他只好认输。
• Blair: Just like that, you wave the white flag?
  你就这样举白旗了吗？
• The soldiers lay down their guns and walkedtoward sthe enemy camp, carrying a white flag.
  士兵们放下枪，举着一面白旗走向敌人的营地。
• Pop Culture Reference: Pop singer Dido references the symbolism represented in this idiom in her song White Flag, singing:* and I wont put my hands up and surrender.
  流行文化推荐：流行歌手蒂朵在她的歌曲白旗中采用了这个习语的象征主义手法，歌中唱到：我不会举起双手投降。
• They had raised the white flag in surrender.
  他们已经举起白旗投降。
• The white flag is the emblem of surrender.
  白旗是投降的象征。
• A year later, Wright waved a white flag and implemented softer reforms.
  一年后，莱特不得不做出让步，推行更为柔和的改革。
• The enemy officer came forward with a white flag to parley with our general.
  敌军官举着白旗走过来要和我们司令谈判。
• We wave the "white flag" to call a truce, surrender, or show we are unarmed.
  我们挥动“白旗”，以示休战或投降，或是告诉对方：我们放下了武器；