新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

flag

英  [flæg]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • flags

    1[C 可数名词] 旗(尤指国旗)

    A flag is a piece of cloth which can be attached to a pole and which is used as a sign, signal, or symbol of something, especially of a particular country.

    双语例句

    例:

    The Marines climbed to the roof of the embassy building to raise the American flag.

    海军陆战队士兵爬上使馆大楼的楼顶去升美国国旗。

    2[C 可数名词] 国家或组织(新闻用语)

    Journalists sometimes refer to the flag of a particular country or organization as a way of referring to the country or organization itself and its values or power.

    双语例句

    例:

    Every person who serves under the American flag will answer to his or her own superiors and to military law.

    在美军服役的每个人都必须服从自己的上级和军法。

    VERB. 动词
  • flags , flagging , flagged

    1[I 不及物动词] (热情、精力等)衰退

    If you flag or if your spirits flag, you begin to lose enthusiasm or energy.

    双语例句

    例:

    His enthusiasm was in no way flagging.

    他的热情丝毫没有减退。

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