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　

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Collins.1 / BNC.13850 / COCA.21116

习惯用语

v.

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

牛津词典

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。

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

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

双语例句

• They are trying to flog their house.
  他们正试图卖掉房子。
• 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。
• Consider first the charge that Wall Street analysts puffed shares that their investment-banking colleagues were trying to flog.
  我们先来看看第一项指控：那些华尔街分析员过分鼓吹了其在投行的那些同僚所极力推销的股票。
• 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。
• Should it be like a puff of grayish white flog?
  是不是应当像一阵灰蒙的白雾？
• Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town.
  有的你们要杀害，要钉十字架。有的你们要在会堂里鞭打，从这城追逼到那城。
• A mother flog her son until he's unconscious didn't seem too credible.
  一个母亲把儿子打至不省人事实在让人难以置信，其他关于准确性的不满。
• We thought we might be able to flog it to someone.
  我们认为我们也许可以把它卖给个什么人。
• Be on your guard against men; they will hand you over to the local councils and flog you in their synagogues.
  你们要防备人。因为他们要把你们交给公会，也要在会堂里鞭打你们。
• In one dream, I saw something white moving slowly toward me. It was like a flog.
  在梦里，我看见有个白色的东西缓缓向我移动，看上去像只青蛙。