今天我們要學(xué)的詞是half-staff。Half-staff, 意思是降半旗。
"As a matter of protocol, U.N. offices around the globe lowered their flags to half-staff to mark the funeral of former North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il," 不久前維吉尼亞理工學(xué)院又發(fā)生了一起槍擊事件。
"The Governor of Virginia ordered all federal and state flags flown at half-staff to honor a police officer killed during a shooting," 維吉尼亞州州長(zhǎng)下令,州內(nèi)所有維吉尼亞州旗和美國國旗一律降半旗,悼念在槍擊事件中殉職的那位警察。好的,今天我們學(xué)習(xí)的詞是half-staff...