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　

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

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.

noun

beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
Synonym:whippingtanninglashingflagellation

You are flogging a dead horse trying to persuade him to accept the new concepts-he is absolutely an old fossil.
想劝他接受新思想根本不可能，他决对是个老顽固。
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。
So you're flogging them one by one?
那你就能一个一个的打他们吗？
A strip of leather used in flogging.
用来鞭打的一条皮革。
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。
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 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。
You are flogging a dead horse.
你是在白费力气。
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。
To punish, as by beating. Beating: Punishment by whipping or flogging.
鞭打：惩罚，鞭笞惩罚。