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

• 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。
• The punishment for breaking the rules is flogging.
  违反这些规则应受的惩罚是鞭笞。
• But not much has happened since-in part because of public outrage at scare stories about flogging the Colosseum.
  但自那以后，情况并未改变多少，这部分是因为公众对批评罗马圆形大剧场的恐怖故事感到愤怒。
• 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。
• Violently urging on by whipping or flogging.
  通过鞭打来强烈的驱使。
• There's no sense flogging a dead horse.
  死马被鞭打是没有任何感觉的。
• You are flogging a dead horse.
  你是在白费力气。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。