flog

英 [flɒɡ]

美 [flɑːɡ]

v. 鞭笞，棒打(作为惩罚); 出售(某物给某人)

现在分词：flogging　过去分词：flogged　过去式：flogged　第三人称单数：flogs　

Collins.1 / BNC.13850 / COCA.21116

习惯用语

flog a dead horse

鞭策死马；做徒劳无益的事
to waste your effort by trying to do sth that is no longer possible

flog sth to death

多次重复（想法、故事等）而使人失去兴趣
to use an idea, a story, etc. so often that it is no longer interesting

verb

鞭笞，棒打（作为惩罚）
to punish sb by hitting them many times with a whip or stick
1. 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
1. She flogged her guitar to another student.
  她把吉他卖给另一个同学。
2. 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。
3. 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。

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.

verb

beat severely with a whip or rod
1. The teacher often flogged the students
2. The children were severely trounced
Synonym:weltwhiplatherlashslashstraptrounce
beat with a cane
Synonym:canelambastelambast

Intriguingly, the two which stuck hardest were both created essentially to flog products to investors.
发人深思的是，流传最广的两个名词，究其根本都是为了向投资者兜售金融产品而创造的。
Flog them soundly.
好好鞭打他们一顿。
Be on your guard against men; they will hand you over to the local councils and flog you in their synagogues.
你们要防备人。因为他们要把你们交给公会，也要在会堂里鞭打你们。
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！
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。
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。
Nowadays, it is an inhumane punishment to flog the disobedient soldiers or sailors.
现今，鞭笞不服从的兵士或水手是不人道的惩罚。
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。
At the present moment, polished English gentlemen flog Africans so severely.
眼前，温文尔雅的英国绅士狠命抽打非洲土著人。
It is useless to flog a dead horse.
鞭打死马，无济于事。