flogging
英 [ˈflɒɡɪŋ]
美 [ˈflɑːɡɪŋ]
n. (作为惩罚的)鞭笞，棒打
v. 鞭笞，棒打(作为惩罚); 出售(某物给某人)
flog的现在分词
BNC.22937 / COCA.28209
牛津词典
noun
- （作为惩罚的）鞭笞，棒打
a punishment in which sb is hit many times with a whip or stick- a public flogging
当众处以鞭刑
- a public flogging
柯林斯词典
- VERB 出售;卖掉
If someone tries toflogsomething, they try to sell it.- They are trying to flog their house.
他们正试图卖掉房子。
- They are trying to flog their house.
- VERB 鞭笞;棒打
If someoneis flogged, they are hit very hard with a whip or stick as a punishment.- In these places people starved, were flogged, were clubbed to death...
在这些地方，人们忍饥挨饿，遭受鞭打，甚至会被乱棍打死。 - Flog them soundly.
好好鞭打他们一顿。
- In these places people starved, were flogged, were clubbed to death...
- 做徒劳无益的事;白忙活
If you say that someoneis flogging a dead horse, you mean that they are trying to achieve something impossible.
英英释义
noun
- beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
双语例句
- Flogging her guts out in london's worst record store.
在伦敦最差劲的唱片店累得一塌糊涂。 - As well as a high-touch service, they have a tradition of delivering advice to clients rather than simply flogging products to them.
在人性化服务方面，他们有一种传统，即向客户提供建议，而不只是不断向客户推销产品。 - You'll never persuade him! You're flogging a dead horse.
你根本说服不了他，你是在白费口舌！ - You'll be flogging a dead horse if you keep trying to get Walter to make a contribution, you know mean he is.
如果你坚持想要沃尔特作贡献的话，你会白费劲的，你知道他是极其吝啬的。 - Would you sanction flogging as a punishment for crimes of violence?
你赞许鞭打作为对暴力罪行的一种处罚吗？ - Check forgery can be punished with public flogging up to 100 stripes.
伪造支票可处以公开鞭刑，最多打100鞭。 - Sales have fallen sharply, as developers wait in vain for demand to pick up rather than flogging their properties at a discount.
这是因为房产开发商们并未将楼盘以折扣价出售，而是坐等消费者对房产需求的重新上涨，最终，这场空等让房屋成交量暴跌。 - The human rights organisation Amnesty International condemned the sentence, describing flogging as a cruel punishment.
对于加斯塔尼亚被判鞭刑，国际特赦组织表示谴责，认为这一惩罚很残酷。 - Whatever The New Republic is today, it has been busy flogging its storied past.
不管《新共和》如今变成了什么样，它仍在忙于利用自己传奇的过去。 - Some faced jeers and flogging, while still others were chained and put in prison.
又有人忍受戏弄，鞭打，捆锁，监禁，各等的磨炼。