flogging

英 [ˈflɒɡɪŋ]

美 [ˈflɑːɡɪŋ]

n. (作为惩罚的)鞭笞，棒打
v. 鞭笞，棒打(作为惩罚); 出售(某物给某人)
flog的现在分词

复数：floggings　现在分词：flogging　

BNC.22937 / COCA.28209

牛津词典

noun

（作为惩罚的）鞭笞，棒打
a punishment in which sb is hit many times with a whip or stick
1. a public flogging
  当众处以鞭刑

VERB 出售;卖掉
If someone tries toflogsomething, they try to sell it.
1. They are trying to flog their house.
  他们正试图卖掉房子。
VERB 鞭笞;棒打
If someoneis flogged, they are hit very hard with a whip or stick as a punishment.
1. 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。
2. Flog them soundly.
  好好鞭打他们一顿。
做徒劳无益的事;白忙活
If you say that someoneis flogging a dead horse, you mean that they are trying to achieve something impossible.

noun

beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
Synonym:whippingtanninglashingflagellation

There's no sense flogging a dead horse.
死马被鞭打是没有任何感觉的。
I'm not your master of flogging madwomen.
我不是鞭打疯女人的管家。
He was sentenced to receive a public flogging.
他被判处当众受鞭刑。
You are flogging a dead horse.
你是在白费力气。
Sales have fallen sharply, as developers wait in vain for demand to pick up rather than flogging their properties at a discount.
这是因为房产开发商们并未将楼盘以折扣价出售，而是坐等消费者对房产需求的重新上涨，最终，这场空等让房屋成交量暴跌。
To punish, as by beating. Beating: Punishment by whipping or flogging.
鞭打：惩罚，鞭笞惩罚。
Check forgery can be punished with public flogging up to 100 stripes.
伪造支票可处以公开鞭刑，最多打100鞭。
Some faced jeers and flogging, while still others were chained and put in prison.
又有人忍受戏弄，鞭打，捆锁，监禁，各等的磨炼。
He'll be all right. what's a flogging?
他会没事的。鞭刑是什么？
He received a good flogging.
他遭到一顿狠狠的鞭打。