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
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- a public flogging
当众处以鞭刑 
 - a public flogging
 
柯林斯词典
- VERB 出售;卖掉
If someone tries toflogsomething, they try to sell it.- They are trying to flog their house.
他们正试图卖掉房子。 
 - They are trying to flog their house.
 - VERB 鞭笞;棒打
If someoneis 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。 - Flog them soundly.
好好鞭打他们一顿。 
 - In these places people starved, were flogged, were clubbed to death...
 - 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. 
英英释义
noun
- beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
 
双语例句
- But not much has happened since-in part because of public outrage at scare stories about flogging the Colosseum.
但自那以后,情况并未改变多少,这部分是因为公众对批评罗马圆形大剧场的恐怖故事感到愤怒。 - There's no sense flogging a dead horse.
死马被鞭打是没有任何感觉的。 - It is enough for me to recall the flogging of peasants.
只要回忆起农民被鞭笞的事就叫我够受的了。 - The punishment for breaking the rules is flogging.
违反这些规则应受的惩罚是鞭笞。 - During boom years, when flogging stock was all but assured, clients moaned when paying the fees.
在繁荣时期,当发行股票几乎万无一失时,客户在支付费用时会颇有怨言。 - He received a good flogging.
他遭到一顿狠狠的鞭打。 - You'll never persuade him! You're flogging a dead horse.
你根本说服不了他,你是在白费口舌! - To punish, as by beating. Beating: Punishment by whipping or flogging.
鞭打:惩罚,鞭笞惩罚。 - As well as a high-touch service, they have a tradition of delivering advice to clients rather than simply flogging products to them.
在人性化服务方面,他们有一种传统,即向客户提供建议,而不只是不断向客户推销产品。 - You'll be flogging a dead horse if you keep trying to get Walter to make a contribution, you know mean he is.
如果你坚持想要沃尔特作贡献的话,你会白费劲的,你知道他是极其吝啬的。 
