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单词 flag of truce
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Definition of flag of truce in English:

flag of truce

noun
  • A white flag indicating a desire for a truce.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The emperor would have to grant a ship to be used on your behalf, and then again for you to come back, under a flag of truce, for we are at war with the people who rule that island.
    • Troops from both sides were collecting dead and wounded, burying who they could, under a flag of truce.
    • He was hit in the leg and lost an eye but was rescued by two of his comrades and taken under a flag of truce to a field hospital.
    • Suddenly, the leader of this gang raised a flag of truce.
    • A smile, a white flag of truce on a stick, and an unarmed handshake for the first official he met.
    • For if you continue to manifest yourself as an enemy, I will treat you like an enemy - even if you claim to be approaching me under a flag of truce.
    • Send a delegation to New Switzerland under a flag of truce.
    • Under flags of truce and making gestures of peace, the delegation approached the cantonment.
    • It is, of course, an act of trust and bravery to proceed toward enemy lines relying upon the honour of an opponent not to fire on men bearing a flag of truce.
    • As the last English galley sinks below the waves, an English emissary arrives at Bangalore under a white flag of truce.
    • So I put up a white flag of truce; I gave in; I surrendered.
    • Specific examples of perfidy include ‘the feigning of an intent to negotiate under a flag of truce or of a surrender’ and ‘the feigning of civilian, non-combatant status.’
    • Most notorious was his capture of Osceola under a flag of truce on 27 October 1837.
    • A small troop of men, spired helmets gleaming, approached under a flag of truce with a message.
    • But they don't have much time, before he arrives under the flag of truce.
    • You wave a flag of truce to bring back harmony and synergy at work and at home.
    • One of his officers had been killed while under a flag of truce.
    • Captured officers were also able to send and receive Canadian mails carried under flags of truce.
    • A messenger arrives under a flag of truce.
    • Dispatched to locate the attackers, the squad came upon several insurgents who raised a white flag of truce.
 
 

Definition of flag of truce in US English:

flag of truce

noun
  • A white flag indicating a desire for a truce.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Send a delegation to New Switzerland under a flag of truce.
    • A smile, a white flag of truce on a stick, and an unarmed handshake for the first official he met.
    • It is, of course, an act of trust and bravery to proceed toward enemy lines relying upon the honour of an opponent not to fire on men bearing a flag of truce.
    • Most notorious was his capture of Osceola under a flag of truce on 27 October 1837.
    • Dispatched to locate the attackers, the squad came upon several insurgents who raised a white flag of truce.
    • So I put up a white flag of truce; I gave in; I surrendered.
    • One of his officers had been killed while under a flag of truce.
    • A small troop of men, spired helmets gleaming, approached under a flag of truce with a message.
    • For if you continue to manifest yourself as an enemy, I will treat you like an enemy - even if you claim to be approaching me under a flag of truce.
    • But they don't have much time, before he arrives under the flag of truce.
    • He was hit in the leg and lost an eye but was rescued by two of his comrades and taken under a flag of truce to a field hospital.
    • You wave a flag of truce to bring back harmony and synergy at work and at home.
    • Under flags of truce and making gestures of peace, the delegation approached the cantonment.
    • Captured officers were also able to send and receive Canadian mails carried under flags of truce.
    • The emperor would have to grant a ship to be used on your behalf, and then again for you to come back, under a flag of truce, for we are at war with the people who rule that island.
    • Suddenly, the leader of this gang raised a flag of truce.
    • A messenger arrives under a flag of truce.
    • Troops from both sides were collecting dead and wounded, burying who they could, under a flag of truce.
    • Specific examples of perfidy include ‘the feigning of an intent to negotiate under a flag of truce or of a surrender’ and ‘the feigning of civilian, non-combatant status.’
    • As the last English galley sinks below the waves, an English emissary arrives at Bangalore under a white flag of truce.
 
 
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