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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。
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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.
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。
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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.