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flog

英 [flɒɡ]

美 [flɑːɡ]

v.  鞭笞,棒打(作为惩罚); 出售(某物给某人)

现在分词:flogging 过去分词:flogged 过去式:flogged 第三人称单数:flogs 

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Collins.1 / BNC.13850 / COCA.21116

习惯用语

    v.

      flog a dead horse
    • 鞭策死马;做徒劳无益的事
      to waste your effort by trying to do sth that is no longer possible
    • flog sth to death
    • 多次重复(想法、故事等)而使人失去兴趣
      to use an idea, a story, etc. so often that it is no longer interesting

    牛津词典

      verb

      • 鞭笞,棒打(作为惩罚)
        to punish sb by hitting them many times with a whip or stick
        1. He was publicly flogged for breaking the country's alcohol laws.
          他因违犯国家的酒法而被当众处以鞭刑。
      • 出售(某物给某人)
        to sell sth to sb
        1. She flogged her guitar to another student.
          她把吉他卖给另一个同学。
        2. We buy them cheaply and then flog them off at a profit.
          我们低价买下这些,然后卖出获利。
        3. I had a letter from a company trying to flog me insurance.
          我收到了一家公司的信,向我推销保险。

      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

        verb

        双语例句

        • It is nobody's source of income or a commodity to flog around in the market.
          它不是任何人收入的来源或者被放在市场上的日用品。
        • It is useless to flog a dead horse.
          鞭打死马,无济于事。
        • Nowadays, it is an inhumane punishment to flog the disobedient soldiers or sailors.
          现今,鞭笞不服从的兵士或水手是不人道的惩罚。
        • To publicly flog Lee for that relatively innocuous sentence in his book seems a bit much.
          就因为李开复书中这一句无伤大雅的话就公开对他大加抨击,似乎有些过分了。
        • He made us flog our guts out to finish on time.
          他让我们拼命地工作以便按时完成任务。
        • Flog them soundly.
          好好鞭打他们一顿。
        • Consider first the charge that Wall Street analysts puffed shares that their investment-banking colleagues were trying to flog.
          我们先来看看第一项指控:那些华尔街分析员过分鼓吹了其在投行的那些同僚所极力推销的股票。
        • They have the upper hand because they have your stuff. If you don't pay up, they will flog it.
          仓储公司占据主动,因为他们手中握有你的东西,你要是不把钱付清,他们就把你的东西卖掉。
        • When they see something popular they try to flog the hell out of it.
          但当他们看到某样东西大受欢迎时,就会大肆打压。
        • I'll flog him to within an inch of his life.
          我要把他打个死去活来。