flogs的中文翻译是什么意思

flogs

/flɔgz/

v. 滥用( flog的第三人称单数 ); <非正>出售; 多次重打; 鞭策死马

flogs柯林斯释义

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.