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

• He'll be all right. what's a flogging?
  他会没事的。鞭刑是什么？
• Violently urging on by whipping or flogging.
  通过鞭打来强烈的驱使。
• You are flogging a dead horse.
  你是在白费力气。
• Sales have fallen sharply, as developers wait in vain for demand to pick up rather than flogging their properties at a discount.
  这是因为房产开发商们并未将楼盘以折扣价出售，而是坐等消费者对房产需求的重新上涨，最终，这场空等让房屋成交量暴跌。
• 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。
• I'm not your master of flogging madwomen.
  我不是鞭打疯女人的管家。
• 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。
• But for the next couple of years at least, it looks like Vale will have to be content with just flogging its iron to the Chinese rather than its shares.
  不过看起来至少在未来两、三年内，淡水河谷将不得不满足于向中国出售铁矿石、而不是出售股票。
• A whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners.
  用缠绕在金属丝上的皮革制成的鞭子；用来鞭打囚犯。
• 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。