flog
vt. 鞭打,鞭策; 迫使
If someone tries to flog something, they try to sell it.
They are trying to flog their house.
他们正试图卖掉房子。
If someone is flogged, they are hit very hard with a whip or stick as a punishment.
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。
Flog them soundly.
好好鞭打他们一顿。
If you say that someone is flogging a dead horse, you mean that they are trying to achieve something impossible.
1. beat severely with a whip or rod;
2. beat with a cane
flog a dead horse
作无用功,徒劳无益
At the present moment, polished English gentlemen flog Africans so severely.
眼前, 温文尔雅的英国绅士狠命抽打非洲土著人.
The school does not have the authority to flog the student.
学校无权鞭打处罚学生.
Nowadays, it is inhumane punishment to flog the disobedient soldier or sailors.
如今, 鞭打不服从的士兵或水手是不人道的惩罚.
He tried to flog me a broken TV set.
他一个劲儿向我兜售一个破电视机.
It is useless to flog a dead horse.
老调重弹,浪费时间.