flag of convenience
常見例句
- However, their ships rarely fly the flag of the home countries, choosing instead “flags of convenience”.
然而,他們的貨輪卻掛“方便旗”, 而很少懸掛本國(guó)國(guó)旗。 - A commodity such as oil, ivory or fish will be transported on a ship flying a flag of convenience, explains Mr Leggett.
Leggett解釋說,像石油、象牙或魚類這樣的商品通常會(huì)通過海運(yùn)運(yùn)輸,船上懸掛方便旗。 - Some standards are born of convenience: Indonesia's red and white flag was reputedly created when independence fighters tore the blue strip from the tricolor of their Dutch colonists.
而有些國(guó)旗的緣由可謂一時(shí)興起所致,印度尼西亞的紅白國(guó)旗據(jù)說是由獨(dú)立戰(zhàn)士們撕下荷蘭三色旗中間的藍(lán)色所形成的。 - It is more like a flag of convenience for a variety of unrelated individuals.
FORBES: Geek Ethos Wreaks Havoc - Sinn Fein claimed this was no more than a flag of convenience for loyalist groups, supposedly observing a ceasefire.
ECONOMIST: Northern Ireland - When it emerged earlier this year that Tanzania was becoming a flag of convenience for Iran, a number of U.S. lawmakers raised considerable protest.
FORBES: Iranian Tankers in a Tanzanian Twilight Zone? 返回 flag of convenience