flag of convenience

常见例句

However, their ships rarely fly the flag of the home countries, choosing instead “flags of convenience”.
然而，他们的货轮却挂“方便旗”, 而很少悬挂本国国旗。
A commodity such as oil, ivory or fish will be transported on a ship flying a flag of convenience, explains Mr Leggett.
Leggett解释说，像石油、象牙或鱼类这样的商品通常会通过海运运输，船上悬挂方便旗。
Some standards are born of convenience: Indonesia's red and white flag was reputedly created when independence fighters tore the blue strip from the tricolor of their Dutch colonists.
而有些国旗的缘由可谓一时兴起所致，印度尼西亚的红白国旗据说是由独立战士们撕下荷兰三色旗中间的蓝色所形成的。

It is more like a flag of convenience for a variety of unrelated individuals.
FORBES: Geek Ethos Wreaks Havoc
Sinn Fein claimed this was no more than a flag of convenience for loyalist groups, supposedly observing a ceasefire.
ECONOMIST: Northern Ireland
When it emerged earlier this year that Tanzania was becoming a flag of convenience for Iran, a number of U.S. lawmakers raised considerable protest.
FORBES: Iranian Tankers in a Tanzanian Twilight Zone?