flogging
n. 鞭打
v. 濫用( flog的現在分詞 ); <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.
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.
你向他借錢是白費力氣.
Doesn't he know he's flogging the dead horse trying to interest us in his savings scheme?
他想讓我們對他的儲蓄計劃感興趣,難道他不知道這是白費心力了 嗎 ?
Many people decry flogging ( or caning ).
許多人反對鞭打或棒打.
Trying to get a financial contribution from Mark is flogging a dead horse.
企圖從邁克那得到財政援助是徒勞無益的.
He's flogging a dead horse in trying to persuade people to use canals instead of roads.
他拼命地勸人不要使用公路而去使用運河,真是枉費口舌.