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

复数：floggings　现在分词：flogging　

机械

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
  1. a public flogging
     当众处以鞭刑

柯林斯词典

• VERB 出售;卖掉
  If someone tries toflogsomething, they try to sell it.
  1. They are trying to flog their house.
     他们正试图卖掉房子。
• VERB 鞭笞;棒打
  If someoneis flogged, they are hit very hard with a whip or stick as a punishment.
  1. 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。
  2. Flog them soundly.
     好好鞭打他们一顿。
• 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
  Synonym:whippingtanninglashingflagellation

双语例句

• 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。
• Stop asking me. you're flogging a dead horse. I don't want to go and I've told you that a hundred times.
  别问我了。你这样做是徒劳的。我不想去，已经告诉你一百遍了。
• At that point, there's not much you can do about it& unless you were buried alive, but that's even more unpleasant than a posthumous flogging.
  就此来看，你办法不多-除非被活埋，但那比死后挨抽更令人不快。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• To punish, as by beating. Beating: Punishment by whipping or flogging.
  鞭打：惩罚，鞭笞惩罚。