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
- He'll be all right. what's a flogging?
他会没事的。鞭刑是什么？ - 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？ - 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！ - 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。 - 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。 - He was sentenced to receive a public flogging.
他被判处当众受鞭刑。 - 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。 - 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。 - It is enough for me to recall the flogging of peasants.
只要回忆起农民被鞭笞的事就叫我够受的了。 - 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。