wave the white flag

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To indicate to an opposing force that one is surrendering.
    — Then it was seen how perilous was the situation of the Boer snipers. . . . There was no escape for them save across the open. It says much for their courage that they took that perilous choice rather than wave the white flag, which would have ensured their safety.
  2. To yield, give up, or quit. figuratively
    — I started in with a fine left-hander on his right eye. Liverpool had been a fighter once, but dissipation and bad company had taken the nerve out of him. In ten minutes I had him lying on the sand waving the white flag.

词形变化

waves the white flag present,singular,third-person waving the white flag participle,present waved the white flag participle,past waved the white flag past raise the white flag alternative hoist the white flag alternative show the white flag alternative
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