And like many pirates of that era, he flew a flag that bore the macabre symbols of a human skull and a pair of crossed bones, because those motifs had signified death in so many cultures for centuries, that their meaning was instantly recognizable, even in the lawless, illiterate world of the high seas: surrender or you'll suffer.
就像那个时代的很多海盗一样， 他在船上挂一面印有可怕标志的旗， 旗上有人的骷髅头骨和一对交叉着的骨头， 这些图案几百年来在很多文化中都代表着死亡， 所以即使是在公海这没有法制，没有文化的世界， 它们的含义立刻就能被理解： 投降，否则你会受到惩罚。