engelska-svenska översättning av hoist

hissaI dag, liksom varje år, hissas tibetanska flaggor över hela världen, i 2 000 städer och kommuner i Europeiska unionen, mer än 650 bara i Tyskland – mitt eget land.Today, as every year, Tibetan flags are being hoisted all around the world, in 2 000 cities and municipalities in the European Union, over 650 of them in Germany – my own country – alone. Under sommarhalvåret hissar man flaggan kl. 08.00.
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Naturligtvis har denna debatt haft, och har även fortsatt, ett stort symbolvärde. Det stod klart när Ryssland placerade - hissade är inte riktigt det rätta ordet här - sin flagga på havsbottnen.Of course, there has been, and continues to be, a very symbolic value to this debate, which was made clear when Russia laid - hoisted is not quite the right word here - its flag on the seabed.

To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight
To lift a trophy or similar prize into the air in celebration of a victory
To lift someone up to be flogged
To be lifted up
To steal, to rob
A hoisting device, such as pulley or crane
The perpendicular height of a flag, as opposed to the fly, or horizontal length, when flying from a staff
The height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay

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