flogging的中文翻譯是什麼意思

flogging

US/ˈflɑgɪŋ/
UK/ˈflɒgɪŋ/

n. 鞭打

v. 濫用( flog的現在分詞 ); <非正>出售; 多次重打; 鞭策死馬

flogging柯林斯釋義

VERB出售;賣掉

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。

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。

PHRASE做徒勞無益的事;白忙活

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

    flogging英文釋義

    Noun

    1. beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

      flogging場景例句

      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.

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      flogging詞性變形

      floggings

      flogging近義詞

      persecution