flogging是什么意思？

flogging

英[ˈflɒgɪŋ] 美[ˈflɑgɪŋ]

• n. 鞭打；
• v. 滥用( flog的现在分词 )，<非正>出售，多次重打，鞭策死马；

复数：floggings;

例句

• Pam’s flogging a dead horse trying to organize the theatre trip. It’s quite obvious that nobody’s interested. 帕姆想组织剧团巡迴演出，无疑是白费心机。很明显没有人感兴趣。
• 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 ?
• He urged the restoration of hanging and flogging. 他敦促恢复绞刑和鞭笞刑罚。
• He was sentenced to a flogging and life imprisonment. 他被判鞭笞和终身监禁。
• Many people decry flogging ( or caning ). 许多人反对鞭打或棒打.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  出售;卖掉
  If someone tries to flog something, they try to sell it.
  例句
  They are trying to flog their house. 他们正试图卖掉房子。
• VERB
  鞭笞;棒打
  If someone is flogged, they are hit very hard with a whip or stick as a punishment.
  例句
  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。 Flog them soundly. 好好鞭打他们一顿。
• 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.

英英词典释义

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