flog
- vt.鞭打;鞭笞,棒打(作为惩罚);出售(某物给某人)
verb
鞭笞,棒打(作为惩罚)
to punish sb by hitting them many times with a whip or stick
He was publicly flogged for breaking the country's alcohol laws.
他因违犯国家的酒法而被当众处以鞭刑。
出售(某物给某人)
to sell sth to sb
She flogged her guitar to another student.
她把吉他卖给另一个同学。
We buy them cheaply and then flog them off at a profit.
我们低价买下这些,然后卖出获利。
I had a letter from a company trying to flog me insurance.
我收到了一家公司的信,向我推销保险。
to waste your effort by trying to do sth that is no longer possible
to use an idea, a story, etc. so often that it is no longer interesting
flog
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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。
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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。
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He was sentenced to a flogging and life imprisonment...
他被判鞭笞和终身监禁。
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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.
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Flog them soundly .
好好鞭打他们一顿。
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Jesus told Peter to feed his sheep , not to flog them .
耶稣吩咐彼得喂养?的羊,而不是鞭打它们。
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He was publicly flogged for breaking the country 's alcohol laws .
他因违犯国家的酒法而被当众处以鞭刑。
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We buy them cheaply and then flog them off at a profit .
我们低价买下这些,然后卖出获利。
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They are trying to flog their house .
他们正试图卖掉房子。
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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。
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Until the 1980s some criminals were still flogged with a rattan cane as a punishment .
直到20世纪80年代,有些罪犯仍被处以笞刑。
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We should be able to flog the car to someone for a good price .
我们应该能把这辆汽车以高价卖出。
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So you 're flogging them one by one ?
那你就能一个一个的打他们吗?
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He made us flog our guts out to finish on time .
他让我们拼命地工作以便按时完成任务。
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We thought we might be able to flog it to someone .
我们认为我们也许可以把它卖给个什么人。
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He tried to flog his old car , but no one would buy it .
他想处理掉他的旧车,但没有人想买。
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Many black slaves were flogged to death for quite a small fault .
许多黑奴因一点很小的过失而被鞭打致死。
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If this was a time of war , I would have you flogged .
如果这是战时,我会处你鞭刑。
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It was a long time for the history of punishment of flogging in ancient China .
中国杖刑历史极为久远。
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And it goes on , even trial and flogging me in public .
更进一步,甚至有人在公共场合审判并鞭打我
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I had a letter from a company trying to flog me insurance .
我收到了一家公司的信,向我推销保险。
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Too many European brands try to flog unpopular models to the Chinese , he says .
他表示,太多欧洲品牌都在试图将不流行的款式塞给中国人。
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Don 't flog your product to death , otherwise your customers will lose interest .
不要老是讲你的产品如何好,否则客户就要失去兴趣了。
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It did not need the medium of a flogging to produce that effect on the master .
并不需要鞭笞,在主人身上就已经产生了挨打的效果。他试图从凯瑟琳手里夺来钥匙。
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I 'll flog him to within an inch of his life .
我要把他打个死去活来。
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When they see something popular they try to flog the hell out of it .
但当他们看到某样东西大受欢迎时,就会大肆打压。
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It is nobody 's source of income or a commodity to flog around in the market .
它不是任何人收入的来源或者被放在市场上的日用品。
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How cruel was the man to flog his own son to death !
这个男人竟把自己的亲生儿鞭打死了,多么残忍!
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Flogging her guts out in london 's worst record store .
在伦敦最差劲的唱片店累得一塌糊涂。
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That idea has been absolutely flogged to death .
那个主意绝对是老生常谈了。
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In one dream , I saw something white moving slowly toward me . It was like a flog .
在梦里,我看见有个白色的东西缓缓向我移动,看上去像只青蛙。
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And we 'll be out all night getting flogged .
要整晚在外面被他们痛打。
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Would you sanction flogging as a punishment for crimes of violence ?
你赞许鞭打作为对暴力罪行的一种处罚吗?
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A strip of leather used in flogging .
用来鞭打的一条皮革。
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