ensign
单词辨析：
普通用词，指代表某一国家、组织等的旗帜；在体育运动中常指信号旗或标示位置的标志旗。
the free kick near the corner flag
角旗附近的任意球
The national flag is flying in the air.
国旗在空中飘扬。
Do you know the history and meaning of the American flag?
你知道美国国旗的历史和含义吗？
通常指用两根竿子撑起的横幅标语，也可指某种主张、信仰等。
The workers held a banner reading 'We Want Bread' while on strike.
工人们罢工时打着横幅，上面写着“我们要面包”。
They were so excited that they kept waving banners.
他们非常激动，不停地挥动着横幅。
She never felt the need to carry the banner of feminism.
她从来都不觉得有必要举着女性主义的旗帜。
指挂在船上表示国籍的旗帜。
the White Ensign
英国海军旗
Can you tell me about the ensign of the Russian Navy?
你能告诉我俄罗斯海军的舰旗是什么样的吗？
指在正式仪式上使用的旗帜，尤指军旗。
Have you seen the royal standard of the United Kingdom?
你见过英国王室的旗帜吗？
相关例句：
And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.
当那日，耶和华他们的神必看他的民，如群羊拯救他们。因为他们必像冠冕上的宝石，高举在他的地以上（高举云云或作在他的地上发光辉）。
An ensign is a junior officer in the United States navy.
海军少尉是美国海军中的下级军官。
They could talk of nothing but officers; and Mr. Bingley's large fortune, the mention of which gave animation to their mother, was worthless in their eyes when opposed to the regimentals of an ensign.
她们现在开口闭口都离不开那些军官。在这以前，只要提到彬格莱先生的偌大财产，她们的母亲就会眉飞色舞，如今跟军官们的制服对比起来，她们就觉得偌大的财产简直一钱不值了。
Our provision of services is supported by the Ensign Track.
我们的服务拥有“旗锋货件追踪系统”的强力支持。
Of military officers; holding by virtue of a commission a rank of second lieutenant or ensign or above.
指军官；依靠委任而拥有少尉、海军少尉或者更高的军衔。
A bipartisan team of senators, led by California Democrat Barbara Boxer and Nevada Republican John Ensign, offered a one-year foreign tax holiday as an amendment to that bill, and it gathered only 42 votes.
当时，一支两党联立的参议员队伍向美国国会提交了一份议案，要求减免海外税一年，作为经济恢复法案的一项修正案。