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.
他們正試圖賣掉房子。
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...
在這些地方,人們忍飢挨餓,遭受鞭打,甚至會被亂棍打死。
Flog them soundly.
好好鞭打他們一頓。
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
作無用功,徒勞無益
At the present moment, polished English gentlemen flog Africans so severely.
眼前, 溫文爾雅的英國紳士狠命抽打非洲土著人.
The school does not have the authority to flog the student.
學校無權鞭打處罰學生.
Nowadays, it is inhumane punishment to flog the disobedient soldier or sailors.
如今, 鞭打不服從計程車兵或水手是不人道的懲罰.
He tried to flog me a broken TV set.
他一個勁兒向我兜售一個破電視機.
It is useless to flog a dead horse.
老調重彈,浪費時間.