half-mast the flag

基本解釋

I would suggest flying the flag at half-mast above Buckingham Palace, and coming down to London at the earliest opportunity.
我建議在白金漢宮降半旗，你們也盡快回到倫敦。
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All government agencies, including the country's embassies and consulates abroad, were ordered to lower the Philippine flag to half-mast.
今天，菲律賓國(guó)內(nèi)所有公立部門以及海外使領(lǐng)館都要降半旗向遇難的香港游客致哀。
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Should the procedure in paragraph (b) above not be practicable due to weather conditions or other reasons, the United Nations Flag may be flown at half-mast on the day of the funeral.
秘書(shū)長(zhǎng)在特殊情況下決定在聯(lián)合國(guó)降半旗幟，應(yīng)在下半旗時(shí)聯(lián)合國(guó)舉行官方悼念；