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

• beat severely with a whip or rod
  1. The teacher often flogged the students
  2. The children were severely trounced
  Synonym:weltwhiplatherlashslashstraptrounce
• beat with a cane
  Synonym:canelambastelambast

双语例句

• 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。
• They are trying to flog their house.
  他们正试图卖掉房子。
• AMD is not allowed to flog its gear in Iran which is under a technology trade embargo.
  AMD公司不允许其处理器被非法出售给伊朗，这属于技术贸易禁运。
• In one dream, I saw something white moving slowly toward me. It was like a flog.
  在梦里，我看见有个白色的东西缓缓向我移动，看上去像只青蛙。
• 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。
• I'll flog him to within an inch of his life.
  我要把他打个死去活来。
• Too many European brands try to flog unpopular models to the Chinese, he says.
  他表示，太多欧洲品牌都在试图将不流行的款式塞给中国人。
• Be on your guard against men; they will hand you over to the local councils and flog you in their synagogues.
  你们要防备人。因为他们要把你们交给公会，也要在会堂里鞭打你们。
• 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。