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

A strip of leather used in flogging.
用来鞭打的一条皮革。
There's no sense flogging a dead horse.
死马被鞭打是没有任何感觉的。
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。
The punishment for breaking the rules is flogging.
违反这些规则应受的惩罚是鞭笞。
He received a good flogging.
他遭到一顿狠狠的鞭打。
He was sentenced to receive a public flogging.
他被判处当众受鞭刑。
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。
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。
It did not need the medium of a flogging to produce that effect on the master.
并不需要鞭笞，在主人身上就已经产生了挨打的效果。他试图从凯瑟琳手里夺来钥匙。
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。