flag of convenience
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌflæɡ əv kənˈviː.ni.əns]
- 美式音标 [ˌflæɡ əv kənˈviː.ni.əns]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- 方便旗（指商船为逃税而向别国注册并挂该国旗帜）
英汉例句
- However, their ships rarely fly the flag of the home countries, choosing instead “flags of convenience”.
然而，他们的货轮却挂“方便旗”, 而很少悬挂本国国旗。 - A commodity such as oil, ivory or fish will be transported on a ship flying a flag of convenience, explains Mr Leggett.
Leggett解释说，像石油、象牙或鱼类这样的商品通常会通过海运运输，船上悬挂方便旗。 - 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.
而有些国旗的缘由可谓一时兴起所致，印度尼西亚的红白国旗据说是由独立战士们撕下荷兰三色旗中间的蓝色所形成的。 - 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?
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- flag alarm of convenience 方便旗
- pure flag of convenience 纯方便旗
- a flag of convenience 方便旗
- flag of convenience vessel 方便旗帜船舶;方便旗船舶
- foc flag of convenience 方便旗
短语
英英字典
- If a ship sails under a flag of convenience, it means it is operated or taxed under the laws of a country different from its home country in order to save money.
- a national flag flown by a ship registered in that country to gain financial or legal advantage
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专业释义
- 方便旗
Without appointed instruction the one-ship company herein mentioned is that whose ship hangs a flag of convenience.
本文中所涉及的单船公司在未作特殊说明时即指其所有的船舶挂方便旗的单船公司。能源科学技术
- 方便旗标
- 方便旗船