flag of convenience
常见例句
- 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”, 而很少懸掛本國國旗。 - 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通過海運運輸,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.
而有些國旗的緣由可謂一時興起所致,印度尼西亞的紅白國旗據說是由獨立戰士們撕下荷蘭三色旗中間的藍色所形成的。 - 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