flogging
n. 鞭打
v. 滥用( flog的现在分词 ); <非正>出售; 多次重打; 鞭策死马
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. beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
You're flogging a dead horse by asking him to lend you money.
你向他借钱是白费力气.
Doesn't he know he's flogging the dead horse trying to interest us in his savings scheme?
他想让我们对他的储蓄计划感兴趣,难道他不知道这是白费心力了 吗 ?
Many people decry flogging ( or caning ).
许多人反对鞭打或棒打.
Trying to get a financial contribution from Mark is flogging a dead horse.
企图从迈克那得到财政援助是徒劳无益的.
He's flogging a dead horse in trying to persuade people to use canals instead of roads.
他拼命地劝人不要使用公路而去使用运河,真是枉费口舌.