flogged
v. 濫用( flog的過去式和過去分詞 ); <非正>出售; 多次重打; 鞭策死馬
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.
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。
Offenders were publicly flogged.
違犯者被當眾鞭笞.
Until the 1980s some criminals were still flogged with a rattan cane as a punishment.
直到20世紀80年代,有些罪犯仍被處以笞刑。
He was flogged into confessing [ confession ].
他被 鞭打 而承認.
He was flogged into accepting.
他被迫接受.