wave the white flag

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

動詞

軍事用語 比喩的用法

(in military combat) To indicate to an opposing force that one is surrendering. / (figuratively) To yield, give up, or quit.

日本語の意味

(軍事戦闘において) 敵に対して自らが降伏していることを示す / (比喩的に) 諦める、降参する、または放棄する

英語の意味

(in military combat) To indicate to an opposing force that one is surrendering. / (figuratively) To yield, give up, or quit.

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After hours of fruitless fighting, the commander decided to wave the white flag to save his troops.

何時間もの無益な戦闘の末、司令官は兵士たちを救うために白旗を振ることに決めた。

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意味（1）

(in military combat) 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.

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意味（2）

(figuratively) To yield, give up, or quit.

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.

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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 ）