floggings的中文翻译是什么意思

VERB出售;卖掉

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。

VERB鞭笞;棒打

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。

PHRASE做徒劳无益的事;白忙活

If you say that someone is flogging a dead horse, you mean that they are trying to achieve something impossible.