While other leaders fling to their office, Winston Churchill inspired British people with his trademark V sign for victory in public with calm, relaxed smile.

当大多数领导人保持着他们身份的威严，温斯顿•丘吉尔更多的是通过他标志性的V型手势以及冷静、轻松的笑容来鼓舞英国人民。

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The V sign itself is a challenge, for the famous Churchillian invention that used to mean Allied Victory is no longer valid. Instead of having to do with war, V today is made to mean peace.

著名的V形记号本身是很有争议的，它由邱吉尔发明的，曾用来表示盟军的胜利，而现在已失去了它原来表示战争的意义，用来表示和平。

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Are you still doing the "V" for victory sign?

你还在做胜利的 V 字手势吗？

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Yellow or brown areas shaped like the letter V on leaves may be a sign of black rot infection.

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His statue shows him making a V-for-victory sign with one hand.

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Late in the game, television pictures seemed to capture captain Steven Gerrard flashing what looked like a V-sign at referee Andre Marriner after the midfielder was booked but both Benitez and club officials have played it down.

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The zoo is also marking the mother lobsters with a "V" notch on their tails as a sign to fishermen, which lasts up to three years and should allow them a chance of greater breeding time.

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In America, a first sign appeared five years ago with a decision in the (civil) case of Daubert v.

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