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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

      双语例句

      • He was sentenced to receive a public flogging.
        他被判处当众受鞭刑。
      • 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。
      • You are flogging a dead horse.
        你是在白费力气。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • A strip of leather used in flogging.
        用来鞭打的一条皮革。
      • 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?
      • He received a good flogging.
        他遭到一顿狠狠的鞭打。