flog

英 [flɒɡ]

美 [flɑːɡ]

v. 鞭笞，棒打(作为惩罚); 出售(某物给某人)

现在分词：flogging　过去分词：flogged　过去式：flogged　第三人称单数：flogs　

Collins.1 / BNC.13850 / COCA.21116

习惯用语

flog a dead horse

鞭策死马；做徒劳无益的事
to waste your effort by trying to do sth that is no longer possible

flog sth to death

多次重复（想法、故事等）而使人失去兴趣
to use an idea, a story, etc. so often that it is no longer interesting

verb

鞭笞，棒打（作为惩罚）
to punish sb by hitting them many times with a whip or stick
1. He was publicly flogged for breaking the country's alcohol laws.
  他因违犯国家的酒法而被当众处以鞭刑。
出售（某物给某人）
to sell sth to sb
1. She flogged her guitar to another student.
  她把吉他卖给另一个同学。
2. We buy them cheaply and then flog them off at a profit.
  我们低价买下这些，然后卖出获利。
3. I had a letter from a company trying to flog me insurance.
  我收到了一家公司的信，向我推销保险。

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.

verb

beat severely with a whip or rod
1. The teacher often flogged the students
2. The children were severely trounced
Synonym:weltwhiplatherlashslashstraptrounce
beat with a cane
Synonym:canelambastelambast

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。
Should it be like a puff of grayish white flog?
是不是应当像一阵灰蒙的白雾？
To publicly flog Lee for that relatively innocuous sentence in his book seems a bit much.
就因为李开复书中这一句无伤大雅的话就公开对他大加抨击，似乎有些过分了。
Too many European brands try to flog unpopular models to the Chinese, he says.
他表示，太多欧洲品牌都在试图将不流行的款式塞给中国人。
When they see something popular they try to flog the hell out of it.
但当他们看到某样东西大受欢迎时，就会大肆打压。
Don't flog your product to death, otherwise your customers will lose interest.
不要老是讲你的产品如何好，否则客户就要失去兴趣了。
We should be able to flog the car to someone for a good price.
我们应该能把这辆汽车以高价卖出。
He would flog her to death with a rubber truncheon.
他用橡皮警棍把她活活抽死。
I had a letter from a company trying to flog me insurance.
我收到了一家公司的信，向我推销保险。
It is nobody's source of income or a commodity to flog around in the market.
它不是任何人收入的来源或者被放在市场上的日用品。