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单词 flag
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A flag can be a good way of making a powerful new image.The house was decked out in flags and bunting.Both had problems with flags and emblems.It has beamed ceilings and flagged floors.It is the flag of this country.Your energy is flagging and you feel washed out a lot of the time.Why do centre flags no longer feature in football?He had also been flagged as a terror suspect for years in police files.These flags can be found anywhere you look.It was feared the flags could become detached at speed.Perhaps we should have a flag day for them!Can anyone put up a flag for the country they favour?Week three of the show season and energy is flagging.People have long been putting flags on their cars and hanging football duvet covers on washing lines.But they also fly the flag for dodgy clobber made on these shores.And the flags have become very long and tall.Flags flew from buildings, taxis and police cars.They're not ones to wave flags or call attention to themselves.Wednesday's cash twist was designed to boost flagging ratings.At various stages in his career his enthusiasm flagged, and he moved on to another challenge.BRITAIN'S building industry is flagging because of a shortage of bricks, it was warned yesterday.Sitting areas have flagged floors, settles and wooden tables.Follow a hidden path up to the tree hut, where you can display your flag.DO you think you can set a new standard with your flag design?Study the flags and emblems.

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flag

British English: flag /flæɡ/ NOUN
A flag is a piece of coloured cloth used as a sign for something or as a signal.
...the national flag.
  • American English: flag
  • Arabic: عَلَم
  • Brazilian Portuguese: bandeira
  • Chinese:
  • Croatian: zastava
  • Czech: vlajka
  • Danish: flag
  • Dutch: vlag
  • European Spanish: bandera
  • Finnish: lippu merkkilippu, valtion lippu
  • French: drapeau
  • German: Fahne
  • Greek: σημαία
  • Italian: bandiera
  • Japanese:
  • Korean: 깃발
  • Norwegian: flagg
  • Polish: flaga
  • European Portuguese: bandeira
  • Romanian: steag
  • Russian: флаг
  • Latin American Spanish: bandera
  • Swedish: flagga
  • Thai: ธง
  • Turkish: bayrak
  • Ukrainian: прапор
  • Vietnamese: cờ
British English: flag VERB
If you flag or if your spirits flag, you begin to lose enthusiasm or energy.
His enthusiasm was in no way flagging.
  • American English: flag
  • Brazilian Portuguese: decair
  • Chinese: 衰退热情、精力等
  • European Spanish: decaer
  • French: fléchir
  • German: erlahmen
  • Italian: affievolirsi
  • Japanese: 衰える
  • Korean: 시들해지다
  • European Portuguese: decair
  • Latin American Spanish: decaer

Chinese translation of 'flag'

flag

(flæɡ)

n (c)

  1. (qí) (, miàn)
  2. (also flagstone) 石板 (shíbǎn)

vi

  1. [person] 疲倦 (píjuàn)
  2. [spirits, enthusiasm] 衰退 (shuāituì)
    to fly the flag (fig) 表示拥(擁)护(護)和支持 (biǎoshì yōnghù hé zhīchí)
(noun) 
Definition
a piece of cloth often attached to a pole, used as an emblem or for signalling
They raised the white flag in surrender.
Synonyms
banner
A big banner was draped across one of the streets.
standard
a gleaming limousine bearing the royal standard
colours
jack
pennant
The second car was flying the Ghanaian pennant.
ensign
a merchant ship flying the blue ensign of a fleet auxiliary
streamer
a red streamer with white lettering
pennon
banderole
gonfalon
(verb) 
Definition
to mark with a tag or sticker
I promise to flag these things more clearly.
Synonyms
mark
I added a code to mark the document as genuine.
identify
I tried to identify her perfume.
indicate
The gauge indicated that it was boiling.
label
The produce was labelled `Made in China'.
tab
pick out
note
The report noted a sharp drop in new cases.
docket
(verb) 
Definition
to signal (a vehicle) to stop
They flagged a car down.
Synonyms
hail
I saw him and hailed him.
stop
signal
The siren signalled the end of play.
salute
He stepped out and saluted the general.
wave down

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related enthusiast vexillologist
(verb) 
Definition
to lose enthusiasm or energy
His enthusiasm was in no way flagging.
Synonyms
weaken
The storm was finally beginning to weaken.
Family structures are weakening and breaking up.
fall
Her weight fell as she excerised more and ate healthily.
die
My love for you will never die.
fail
Here in the hills, the light failed more quickly.
decline
a declining birth rate
sink
Our hopes were sinking fast.
fade
After that all her worries faded away.
slump
Net profits slumped.
pine
The dog pines terribly whenever we leave.
faint
I thought he'd faint when he heard the news.
weary
fall off
Unemployment is rising again and retail buying has fallen off.
succumb
falter
wilt
Their resolution wilted in the face of such powerful opposition.
wane
His interest in art to wane.
ebb
There were occasions when my enthusiasm ebbed.
sag
Some of the tension he builds up begins to sag.
languish
He continues to languish in prison.
abate
The storms soon abated.
droop
Support for him is beginning to droop amongst voters.
peter out
The strike seemed to be petering out.
taper off
The fighting has begun to taper off.
feel the pace
lose your strength

Additional synonyms

in the sense of abate
Definition
to make or become less strong
The storms soon abated.
Synonyms
decrease,
decline,
relax,
ease,
sink,
fade,
weaken,
diminish,
dwindle,
lessen,
slow,
wane,
subside,
ebb,
let up,
slacken,
attenuate,
taper off
in the sense of decline
Definition
to become smaller, weaker, or less important
a declining birth rate
Synonyms
fall,
fail,
drop,
contract,
lower,
sink,
flag,
fade,
shrink,
diminish,
decrease,
slow down,
fall off,
dwindle,
lessen,
wane,
ebb,
slacken
in the sense of die
Definition
to lose strength, power, or energy by degrees
My love for you will never die.
Synonyms
dwindle,
end,
decline,
pass,
disappear,
sink,
fade,
weaken,
diminish,
vanish,
decrease,
decay,
lapse,
wither,
wilt,
lessen,
wane,
subside,
ebb,
die down,
die out,
abate,
peter out,
die away,
grow less

Synonyms of 'flag'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of slump
Definition
(of commercial activity or prices) to decline suddenly
Net profits slumped.
Synonyms
fall,
decline,
sink,
plunge,
crash,
collapse,
slip,
deteriorate,
fall off,
plummet,
go downhill (informal),
reach a new low
in the sense of standard
Definition
a flag of a nation or cause
a gleaming limousine bearing the royal standard
Synonyms
flag,
banner,
pennant,
colours,
ensign,
pennon
in the sense of streamer
Definition
a long narrow flag
a red streamer with white lettering
Synonyms
banner,
flag,
pennant,
standard,
colours,
ribbon,
ensign,
pennon
in the sense of taper off
Definition
to become gradually less
The fighting has begun to taper off.
Synonyms
decrease,
dwindle,
lessen,
reduce,
fade,
weaken,
wane,
subside,
wind down,
die out,
die away,
thin out
in the sense of wane
Definition
to decrease gradually in size, strength, or power
His interest in art to wane.
Synonyms
decline,
flag,
weaken,
diminish,
fall,
fail,
drop,
sink,
fade,
decrease,
dim,
dwindle,
wither,
lessen,
subside,
ebb,
wind down,
die out,
fade away,
abate,
draw to a close,
atrophy,
taper off
in the sense of wilt
Their resolution wilted in the face of such powerful opposition.
Synonyms
wane,
fail,
sink,
flag,
fade,
diminish,
dwindle,
wither,
ebb,
melt away,
lose courage
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